Frantz Fanon. A figure that has, to a large degree, faded into the mists of time. He was, of course, a Martinican psychiatrist and author who later went on to join the FLN in the Algerian insurgency. I recently read one of his books ‘Black Skin, White Masks‘ and I must say, it’s one of [...]
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Frantz Fanon’s Way
Posted in Psychology, tagged algerian far of independence, black skin, colonial psychology, colonial studies, cultural theory, fanon, fln, frantz fanon, stuart lee, white masks, wretched of the earth on February 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Are You REALLY Happy?
Posted in Psychology, tagged advertising, are you happy, are you really happy, bentham, freud, happiness reserach, maginal theory of utility, utilitarianism on February 10, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Slow day so far. So I thought I’d write about James Kwak’s recent blog post on what he calls ‘Happiness Research’ – which, he claims is closely related to contemporary psychology and hence to certain forms of behavioral economics research. I disagree, ‘Happiness Research’ goes right back to the utilitarian philosophers – probably starting with [...]
Hey There, Pigeon Brain!
Posted in Psychology, tagged behavioral insights team, behaviorism, CBT, cognitive behavioral therapy, freud, psychoanalysis on November 20, 2010 | 5 Comments »
The brilliant BBC filmmaker Adam Curtis wrote what I consider to be a very important article over at his blog recently. I would strongly encourage people to read/view it in full here. Curtis points out that Behaviorism is back – and this in a rather big way. David Cameron has employed a team at Downing [...]
Creepy Science Men
Posted in Psychology, tagged medical ethics, medical law, psychiatry, psychology on October 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
So today another apology came out of the US government for their Naziesque experiments with syphilis on mentally ill people in Guatemala. Just to remind everyone – because these events have an awful tendency to sink into the historical archives rather too quickly – in 1997 President Clinton apologised on behalf of one of these [...]
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