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The Muslim, State and Mind : Psychology in Times of Islamophobia

Tarek Younis
Format: Paperback
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Published: December 21, 2022
ISBN: 9781529790184
184 pages
Country of publication: United Kingdom

£12.99

Mental health is positioned as the cure-all for society’s discontents, from pandemics to terrorism. But psychology and psychiatry are not apolitical, and neither are Muslims. This book unpacks where the politics of the psy-disciplines and the politics of Muslims overlaps, demonstrating how psychological theories and practices serve State interests and perpetuate inequality―especially racism and Islamophobia. Viewing the psy-disciplines from the margins, this book illustrates how these necessarily serve the State in the production of loyal, low-risk and productive citizens, offering a modern discussion of three paradigms underlying the psy-disciplines: neoliberalism, security and the politics of mental health.

Tarek Younis is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Middlesex University. 

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