New York Salon Event, November 14th
One consistent theme for our blog has been a broad culture of fear that seems to afflict America. And we are not the only people discussing it. The New York Salon, in conjunction with the Wolfson Center at the New School, have organized a series of events on this theme, entitled 'Don't Panic.' Their next event will take place this Tuesday, November 14th. Details below.
Therapeutic Society or Therapeutic State?
Increasingly we are encouraged to see ourselves in therapeutic terms: in denial, co-dependent and suffering various traumas. When the National Institute of Mental Health can announce that one in four Americans suffer from a diagnosable mental illness, something clearly has changed.
Have we all become damaged goods? Is the current vogue for medicalising our lives a postive thing or more problematic? What are the implications for our idea of civic society and political change?
7pm at The Theresa Lang Center, The New School, 55 W13th st, NY NY
To read the speakers' papers go to www.nysalon.org
Therapeutic Society or Therapeutic State?
Increasingly we are encouraged to see ourselves in therapeutic terms: in denial, co-dependent and suffering various traumas. When the National Institute of Mental Health can announce that one in four Americans suffer from a diagnosable mental illness, something clearly has changed.
Have we all become damaged goods? Is the current vogue for medicalising our lives a postive thing or more problematic? What are the implications for our idea of civic society and political change?
7pm at The Theresa Lang Center, The New School, 55 W13th st, NY NY
To read the speakers' papers go to www.nysalon.org
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