Societal / Political
Chinese Characters and Perspectives: The Social Construction of Gender
Philosopher Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein once said: ‘The limits of my language are the limit of my world.” Language is …
Alone and Together: Chinese Culture, Tradition and Language
I was born after the 1980s, in a small city in northern China. China has a tradition of togetherness (collectivism)—yet …
The Breeze of Freedom
One of my colleagues recently left her long term residence in China and is now living in a country that …
Psychology, Neo-Sociopsychology, and Paths to a Better, Less Prejudiced Society
When it comes to psychology in general, I am a fan. I have a degree in it. At its best, …
A PALLID HOPELESSNESS: REFLECTIONS ON ALIENATION
Conceive a man by nature and misfortune prone to a pallid hopelessness…. -Herman Melville, “Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of …
Personality Disorders, Attachment, and National Trauma: A Psychosociological Approach to Psychodynamic Therapy
Can psychotherapy prevent fascism? We can only answer that question by exploring the dynamics of fascism and group narcissism.
Transforming and Managing Anxiety: I. The Nature of Containment
In this essay I look specifically at the derailment into authoritarianism and at the multiple ways in which this derailment can be avoided—in favor of the construction and engagement of a wide variety of containers that enable the transformation to take place. It is in the identification of viable containers that we begin to find the pathway toward true freedom.
Studio Nine: The Sleep Room
We asked participants to watch the disturbing movie, “The Sleep Room” which is based on the real-life Cameron experiments conducted at the Allen Institute in Montreal Canda.
The Work and Life of Women: The Dynamics of Individualism and Power
[Note: This essay builds on work that was published in Rosalind Sun and William Bergquist, The Word for World is …
The Nature of True Freedom III: Creating A Shared Image of the Future
Positive freedom to do something, in turn, is sustained only if a society has defined or is in the process of continually defining and redefining a clear and exhilarating image of its own purpose and, in particular, its own future.