The application of Critical Theory to psychology—examining how psychological concepts, practices, and institutions are shaped by power, how they can serve social control rather than liberation, and how they might be transformed. Critical Theory of Psychology asks: How does psychology define "normal" and "pathological," and who benefits from those definitions? How has psychology been used to pathologize resistance, marginalize difference, and enforce conformity? Whose interests are served by focusing on individual adjustment rather than social change? Drawing on thinkers like Foucault, Rose, and critical psychologists, it insists that psychology is never neutral—it's a site of power, a tool of governance, and a potential resource for freedom.
"They diagnose your political anger as mental illness. Critical Theory of Psychology asks: what if the anger is rational? What if the problem isn't you, but the system? Psychology that pathologizes dissent serves power, not healing. Critical psychology insists on asking: who benefits from calling this sick? And what would psychology look like if it supported liberation instead of adjustment?"
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Get the Critical Theory of Psychology mug.The application of Critical Theory to psychiatry—examining how psychiatric knowledge, diagnosis, and treatment are shaped by power, how they can serve social control, and how they might be reformed or transformed. Critical Theory of Psychiatry asks: How are psychiatric categories constructed, and whose interests do they serve? How has psychiatry been used to confine, drug, and control marginalized populations? What role does the pharmaceutical industry play in shaping diagnosis and treatment? Drawing on anti-psychiatry, mad studies, and Foucault, it insists that psychiatry is never just medicine—it's a site of power, a tool of normalization, and a potential source of harm as well as help.
"They diagnose you with a disorder because you don't fit their norms. Critical Theory of Psychiatry asks: whose norms? Who decides what's disordered? Psychiatry has a history of pathologizing homosexuality, political dissent, and cultural difference. Critical psychiatry insists on asking: is this diagnosis helping you, or controlling you? And who benefits from the categories we use?"
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