Description
| Product ID: | 9781529790184 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Social Science for Social Justice |
| Title: | The Muslim, State and Mind |
| Subtitle: | Psychology in Times of Islamophobia |
| Authors: | Author: Tarek Younis |
| Page Count: | 184 |
| Subjects: | Social groups: religious groups and communities, Islamic studies, Sociology, Psychology, Sociology, Psychology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book presents how psychology is part of the problem of racism and inequality. With a unique look at the growing dehumanisation of Muslims across the Global North, the author provides a contemporary overview of how psychology and mental health ultimately services to produce and manage low-risk and productive citizens. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Sage Publications Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Sage Publications Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-12-21 |
