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Posted at 17:30h in Community Organizing, Culture, Human Development, Philosophy, Politics, Postmodern Marxism, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Social Therapy by

April 23, 2013

A few years ago while doing some teaching in Brazil, I was interviewed (in English) for Internet radio on where social therapeutics comes from and where it’s going. The interview was rich and far-reaching, as I recall—radical therapy,  social constructionism, politics, philosophy, culture, community….

This interview is the topic of the April monthly free webinar series of the East Side Institute.

You can listen to the interview here

And since it’s more fun and intriguing to learn in group conversation, you can sign up for a live web chat taking place on Friday, April 26, 12 p.m. EDT, Institute faculty member Jan Wootten will be leading the conversation. Join the chat room here.

You can always send me comments here too.

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  • loisholzman
    Posted at 19:02h, 25 April

    Hi Evan,
    I suggest downloading a paper or two or gettings one of our books or watching one of our videos (the East Side Institute site on vimeo). To respoondly very briefly, though, exaggerated, obsessive, compulsive are only meaningful relative to a specific set of social-cultural norms, not to mention the particularities of the person (when, how, where s/he lives.
    I didn’t mean they are attributed to social conditions, though—what I mean is they are social, in both origin and “essence,” since human beings, even our brains, are social in this way. So, any fears, ideas and behaviors are social to me.

  • Evan Hanks
    Posted at 17:24h, 25 April

    Hi Lois,
    Evan Hanks again. Thanks for your reply last week. I must admit, however, that I’m confused by the social framework. How are exaggerated fears, obsessive ideas, and compulsive behaviors conceived through your model? How are they attributed to social conditions? I’m intrigued with your views on psychiatry, they echo my own. Just wanted to understand it more fully if you can spare the time. Thank you! I admire your critical thinking. It may be that we’re moving toward the same goal — only from opposite ends of the spectrum..
    Sincerely,
    Evan

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