Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by MALHERBE Nick
Psychology is increasingly abused and misused by reactionaries, conservative and neoliberal. Time to renew the tradition of liberation psychology. One good starting point is the work of social psychologist Ignacio Martín-Baró. A Jesuit priest killed by the regime during the Salvadoran civil war, his aim was to develop a critical approach to psychology that uses the discipline to help people challenge as well as change systems of oppression.
The Atlacatl Battalion was a notoriously violent (...)
, by OLTERMANN Philip
The theories behind Germany’s Socialist Patients Collective turned medical treatment on its head – but led some of them to the Red Army Faction
"Turn illness into a weapon,” proclaimed the SPK. “The kidney stone that makes you suffer,” it declared, was the same as “the stone thrown into the (...)
, by BAPIR-TARDY Savin
Humans are most commonly considered to be social beings by nature. This makes an individual’s social life critical in their mental well-being. In fact, an individual’s survival depends on having strong long-lasting relationships, based on mutual trust. Taking into account the importance of our (...)
, by El SARRAJ Wasseem
When looking out towards other parts of the world it’s much less stressful, much less cognitively demanding, to see victims rather than people who more or less resemble yourself.
This week I have been watching a spread of global responses to the Paris murders. As a therapist what has been most (...)
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