A London foundation reaches out to young people suffering from a lack of compassion or understanding. – – When someone close to a person is lost, they often face an enormous amount of grief and sorrow that can sometimes be so severe as to lead to depression or other mental […]
Tag: psychology
London Riots: poverty and prejudice
In our haste to explain the London Riots of August 2011, we missed asking some vital questions. Why did we automatically assume that the rioters were from underprivileged backgrounds? And why did we accept this stereotype unquestioningly? – – Georgina Campbell – As those responsible for the disturbances last August […]
Philosophy café with Silvia Swinden: Social change and peaceful resistance
On the 8th of July a conference will be held on “intentional and non-violent psychosocial change,” an approximation of the psychology of new humanism and peaceful social resistance. _ For a little over a year, various social movements have emerged from the depths of society and have successfully put governments […]