A psychopolitical interpretation of de-alienation: Marxism, psychoanalysis, and liberation psychology

Rethinking Reification: Marcuse, Psychoanalysis, and Gay Liberation

A Poststructuralist Interpretation of Moral Alienation

Something about the idea of acting from duty seems cold and uncaring. When taking on a moral point of view, such as forcing ourselves to act from duty, we must divorce ourselves from our subjective feelings and our emotions. In this sense, taking a moral point of view alienates people from themselves, others, and their moral theory. In " Alienation, Consequentialism, and the Demands of Morality...

Decolonizing Liberation: Toward a Transnational Feminist Psychology

This paper engages the theme of “decolonizing psychological science” in the context of a perspective on psychological theory and research—namely, feminist psychology—that shares an emphasis on broad liberation. Although conceived as a universal theory and practice of liberation, scholars across diverse sites have suggested that feminism—perhaps especially as it manifests in psychological scienc...

Psychoanalysis as a System of Monistic Psychology

The Role of Power in Wellness, Oppression, and Liberation: the Promise of Psychopolitical Validity

The power to promote wellness, resist oppression, and foster liberation is grounded in psychological and political dynamics. Hitherto, these two sources of power have been treated in isolation, both for descriptive and prescriptive purposes. As a result, we lack an integrative theory that explains the role of power in promoting human welfare and preventing suffering, and we lack a framework for...