Culture of the Cruel
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British Psychoanalytical Society (incorporating the Institute of Psychoanalysis)
Description
Join us for the next instalment of our Political Mind series, featuring Mark Goldblatt, Dr Anna Harvey, Professor Mark Freestone, and Professor Fanny Guglielmucchi.
This discussion explores the role of compromise in both individual psychology and political life. While compromise can enable coexistence between conflicting drives, groups, and ideologies, it is increasingly treated in politics as a sign of weakness rather than a means of cooperation.
The panel examines how the rejection or distortion of compromise can fuel cruelty, sadism, and authoritarianism – both in individuals and across society.
