Subject:ย ๐Ÿ“˜๐Ÿ“• Now Available - Mind of State: Conversations on the Psychological Conflicts Stirring U.S. Politics & Society ๐Ÿ“˜๐Ÿ“•

Announcing the release of  

Mind of State: 
Conversations on the Psychological Conflicts Stirring U.S. Politics & Society

Edited by 
Betty Teng, Jonathan Kopp 
& Thomas Singer


This compilation of conversations helps fit together the broken pieces of our American psycho-political jigsaw puzzle.

These nuanced discussions offer insights and reflections from leading experts โ€“ on psychology, politics, race, religion and more โ€“ to those of us struggling to make sense of our American political nonsense.

Drawn from the Mind of State podcast created by some of the co-authors and contributors to the New York Times bestseller, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, this collection is as relevant now as it was when Apple Podcasts featured it as โ€œNew and Noteworthyโ€ in 2019.

The chapters are divided into five sections that reveal persistent themes underlying our increasing distress due to the interconnectedness of psychology and politics in the United States:

-Acknowledging Death, Trauma, and Loss                   -Why Truth Matters
-Anxieties of Race and Dominance                             -Democracy at Risk
                                      -The Importance of Myth in Politics


Contributors:
  • Antoine Banks
  • Anne Barnard
  • Jessica Benjamin
  • Pauline Boss
  • Jules Cashford 
  • Michael A. Cohen
  • Lisa Damour
  • William Davies
  • Megan Doney
  • Susan Fiske
  • Betty Sue Flowers
  • Justin Frank
  • Peter Glick
  • Anton Hart
  • Judith Herman
  • Adrienne Hollis
  • Ashley Jardina
  • Robert Jay Lifton
  • Eric Liu
  • Lilliana Mason
  • William โ€œScottyโ€ McLennan
  • Nate Persily
  • Nancy Rosenblum
  • Thomas Singer
  • Hawthorne โ€œHawkโ€ Smith
  • Sheldon Solomon
  • Michael Tansey
  • Eric Ward
  • Deva Woodly
Table of Contents
Introduction
Betty Teng, Jonathan Kopp, Thomas Singer

Part 1 FRAMEWORK

Chapter 1: Cultural Complexes and the Soul of America โ€“ Thomas Singer

Part 2 ACKNOWLEDGING DEATH, TRAUMA, LOSS

Chapter 2: We are all going to Dieโ€”Someday โ€“ Sheldon Solomon

Chapter 3: Ambiguous Loss & the 2020 Pandemic โ€“ Pauline Boss

Chapter 4: Our Collective Trauma โ€“ Judith Herman

Chapter 5: Acknowledging Harm & Repairing the World โ€“ Jessica Benjamin

Chapter 6: Living Unarmed โ€“ Megan Doney

Chapter 7: The Trauma of Syria โ€“ Anne Barnard

Part 3 WHY TRUTH MATTERS

Chapter 8: The Case for Radical Openness โ€“ Anton Hart

Chapter 9: The End of Truth? โ€“ Scotty McLennan

Chapter 10: Conspiracy without Theory โ€“ Nancy Rosenblum

Chapter 11: Nervous States & the Instability of Truth โ€“ William Davies

Chapter 12: Trump on the Couch โ€“ Justin Frank

Chapter 13: Delusions & Lies: The Mind of Trump โ€“ Michael Tansey

Part 4 ANXIETIES OF RACE & DOMINANCE

Chapter 14: Justice, Rage & Peace โ€“ Eric Ward

Chapter 15: Anger & Racial Politics โ€“ Antoine Banks

Chapter 16: Why Everyone Hates the Jews โ€“ Susan Fiske & Peter Glick

Chapter 17: The Perilous Path to Asylum โ€“ Hawthorne โ€œHawkโ€ Smith

Chapter 18: Partisan Politics, Toxic Identities, Dangerous Divides โ€“ Lilliana Mason

Chapter 19: White Identity Politics โ€“ Ashley Jardina

Chapter 20: A โ€œSyndemicโ€โ€”Climate, Race & COVID-19 โ€“ Adrienne Hollis

Part 5 DEMOCRACY AT RISK

Chapter 21: Sounding the Alarm: Cultism and the Loss of Reality โ€“ Robert Jay Lifton

Chapter 22: Politics of Care โ€“ Deva Woodly

Chapter 23: Restoring Faith in Democracy โ€“ Eric Liu

Chapter 24: Can Voting & Democracy Survive the Internet? โ€“ Nate Persily

Chapter 25: Analyzing the 2020 Election โ€“ Michael A. Cohen

Chapter 26: Politics & the Teenage Mind โ€“ Lisa Damour

Part 6 THE IMPORTANCE OF MYTH IN POLITICS

Chapter 27: Americaโ€™s Economic Myth โ€“ Betty Sue Flowers

Chapter 28: When Myth Becomes History โ€“ Jules Cashford

Chapter 29: The Symbolic Power of Trumpโ€™s Wall โ€“ Thomas Singer

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