They Want You Hopeless: The Psychology of Empire & Resistance, w/ Lara Sheehi

About this episode

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...

People in this episode

Host: Rania Khalek

Guest: Lara Sheehi

Topics covered

• psychology of empire
• resistance
• colonial violence
• Israeli psychological warfare
• fascism
• political pressure

Keywords

• psychological warfare
• empire
• resistance
• fascism
• colonial violence
• Israeli aggression
• hopelessness

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Israel, Gaza, Lebanon

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