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Subject(s)

• Muslims—Mental health [Browse]
• Muslims—Persecutions [Browse]
• Muslims—Political aspects [Browse]
• Religion and politics [Browse]
• Psychology and religion [Browse]

Series

• Social Science for Social Justice. [More in this series]
• Social science for social justice

Summary note

Mental health is positioned as the cure-all for society’s discontents, from pandemics to terrorism. But psychology and psychiatry are not apolitical, and neither are Muslims. This book unpacks where the politics of the psy-disciplines and the politics of Muslims overlaps, demonstrating how psychological theories and practices serve State interests and perpetuate inequality–especially racism and Islamophobia. Viewing the psy-disciplines from the margins, this book illustrates how these necessarily serve the State in the production of loyal, low-risk and productive citizens, offering a modern discussion of three paradigms underlying the psy-disciplines: neoliberalism, security and the politics of mental health. Tarek Younis is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Middlesex University.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN

1-5297-9112-X

OCLC

1354993234

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