Dear Carl and all,
Regarding "I wonder if anyone is interested in meeting in York next month to think about ways in which members from this list (and beyond) might think through some ways in which to usefully place ourselves in, promote, and support the debate on the prolonged violence of neoliberal capitalism which could follow recent events? We could meet at the end of a day perhaps?"
I would be interested in meeting as suggested.
Regarding a "prolonged discussion" following your symposium on resisting the institutionalisation of personal debt on Thursday 15th, 16.30-18.00, debate would be great but just to observe:
a) 0915 - 1300 is dedicated on the first day (Thursday) of the conference to discussion of Richard Wilkinson's work on why and how more unequal societies almost always do worse than equal ones
b) there appear to be up to ten parallel sessions scheduled at the time of your session so many of us could not attend your session;
c) I just noticed that Serdar appears to be in 2 sessions simultaneously: debt and napalm (nb Jacqui)
d) the programme is draft and subject to confirmation
But back to topic: I totally agree that discussion locating neoliberal capitalism at the centre of debates about suffering is essential at York. Both days are pretty packed but I am sure we can make time when all could make it along who want to
David
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Hi All
Spot on Mark. Recently, with critical colleagues from around the world, we have submitted an edited book trying to explicitly draw attention to the ways in which mental distress and suffering are experienced in relation to neoliberal social, political and economic activities, to warn against the deeply problematic globalisation of western psychology to alleviate this distress, and to consider the possibilities and limitations of interventions that have emerged from international critical community psychology perspectives. However I am aware of the limitations of such a project.
I wonder if anyone is interested in meeting in York next month to think about ways in which members from this list (and beyond) might think through some ways in which to usefully place ourselves in, promote, and support the debate on the prolonged violence of neoliberal capitalism which could follow recent events? We could meet at the end of a day perhaps?
Otherwise Mark, Serdar Deðirmencioðlu, Jacqueline Akhurst and I will be doing a symposium on resisting the institutionalisation of personal debt which draws heavily on critiques of neoliberal capitalism and suffering (Thursday 15th, 4.30-6). We would like to have a prolonged discussion following our talks to think about future work/action and any interested members will be very welcome at the discussion.
Sorry if this reads like a shameless plug for a book/symposium. I just wanted to outline that there seems to be a growing body of people in critical community psychology that are looking to locate neoliberal capitalism at the centre of debates about suffering and think about ways to resist it. Such activities are far from new but this still feels like a good time to work together.
In the meantime I’m off to tend the mass audition for the Fox news channel that my Facebook page has recently morphed into.
Best wishes
Carl Walker
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On 11/08/2011, at 7:56 AM, Mark Burton wrote:
Appalled by the standard of debate bout these events....here's my take on it:-
Why the riots?
The neoliberal capitalism of Thatcher, Murdoch, Blair, Bush, Obama, China, the banks, Jonathan Ross, Richard Branson, has…..
Taught us that what is important is material possessions
Made whole sections of the population superfluous
Funded the gaining of possessions through high levels of personal and household debt
Destroyed traditional communities based on workplace, destroying the sources of self worth and responsibility
Ridiculed collective values, privatised and marginalised social provision
Commercialised childhood
Forced many working people into unemployment, underemployment or insecure, casual low wage work, stressing and undermining family life
Fetishised the trivial, the celebrity, cheapening culture and celebrating selfishness and boorishness
Encouraged rocketing inequality
Shown that exotic levels of violence against people and their towns and cities is just fine
Encouraged the import of cheap labour and thereby sown distrust and division among working people
Crashed, increasing poverty, inequality, precariousness, resentment and further weakened collective, social, cultural resources.
So why the surprise?
The riots are not a protest
The riots are not caused by public spending cuts
The riots are not a result of criminality
The riots are not riots
The riots are not class action
The riots are not a result of bad parenting
The riots are not the politics of envy
The riots are all these things and none of them
The riots are a result of a coming together of forces and processes. There is no simple explanation and no explanation in the behaviour of the individual looter.
To understand the riots requires an understanding of how economy, politics, ideology, belief, motivation, morality, socialisation and the dynamics of belonging and alienation work together as system and systems.
Don’t tell me that is an excuse, and don’t tell me how tough you are going to be. Tell me you see that this is complicated and it requires a completely different way of living our society.
As ye sow, so shall ye reap. The harvest of neoliberal capitalism is well and truly home.
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