Date and time: Thursday, Feb 26, 4:00pm, room C217.
Title: “The new politics of experience"
Abstract:
A lot of what is done in the name of psychotherapy and
psychology is driven by motives which are base, shallow and commercial. Theorising of the human condition too often
follows the ideological fashions of the day, which can be described as
biological/corporate fundamentalism. This toxic mixture not only mystifies the
general public but also makes epistemological slaves of professional
psychologists. The talk will consider
the influence of neoliberal capitalism on the divide between academic
psychology and the psychotherapeutic art of healing. One of the consequences of the capitalist
domination of experience is that the very voice we employ to articulate our
understanding of the human condition, whether in the midst of the therapeutic
encounter, reflecting on the therapeutic encounter or theorising it, has become
infected with psychology’s hunger for status, power and control, all masked by
an ill-judged pretence of neutrality and objectivity. This has made the relationship between the
practical and academic sides of psychology deeply problematic as well as
dishonest.
Bio:
Ron Roberts, Ph.D, C.Psychol, AFBPsS is Senior Lecturer
in Psychology at Kingston University. He has held previous posts at the
Institute of Psychiatry, University of Westminster, King’s College Medical
School, University College London, St Bartholomew’s Medical School, Queen Mary
College and the Tavistock Institute. He is the author of over 50 refereed
publications and six books.
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