They Want You Hopeless: The Psychology of Empire & Resistance, w/ Lara Sheehi
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Rania Khalek discusses the psychological dimensions of empire and resistance with psychoanalyst Lara Sheehi amidst ongoing violence in Gaza and Lebanon.
As Israel’s genocide in Gaza continues and Lebanon faces ongoing aggression and political pressure to capitulate, many people are grappling with fear, exhaustion, and despair. But what if hopelessness itself is part of the strategy? Psychoanalyst and author Lara Sheehi joins Dispatches with Rania Khalek to discuss the psychological dimensions of fascism, empire, colonial violence, and resistance — from Israeli psychological warfare and sexual humiliation as a tool of domination, to the weapon...
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