World Gone Mad: The crisis of capitalism and mental health

About World Gone Mad: The crisis of capitalism and mental health

In World Gone Mad, activist, social worker and Marxist Jessica Cassell explores the many and complex ways that the conditions of life under capitalism influences and impedes our mental health. Ultimately, a sick and unjust society makes us unwell, pointing to the need for radical social change to address the mental health crisis we are facing globally. Cover artist: @Pixiewithpens

Publisher

Jessica Cassell

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Apr 2020

Latest episode

14 Aug 2020

Latest episodes

4 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Aug 2020

   Capitalism and the developing brain

   Our brains do not develop in a vacuum but are heavily shaped by early childhood experiences of chronic poverty, stress, abuse, and violence. These adverse childhood experiences which alter the brain's circuitry and our body's stress response systems, are all rooted in the capitalist system and the exploitation, oppression, and inter-generational trauma that stems from it. In this episode I draw on modern developments in neuroscience and childhood development research to demonstrate that life under capitalism impairs optimal childhood development with serious repercussions throughout life.

2. 

   15 Jun 2020

   Work, alienation and mental health

   In this episode I look at how capitalist alienation and the loss of autonomy, denial of self, and the estrangement from humanity and each other it entails, is detrimental to our mental health.

3. 

   7 May 2020

   It's Not You, It's Capitalism

   In the first episode of World Gone Mad I give a general introduction to how the conditions of life under the sick and unjust capitalist system erodes our collective mental health.

4. 

   22 Apr 2020

   World Gone Mad: The crisis of capitalism and mental health (Trailer)

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

3.6 / 5

5 ratings

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