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Psychology Today: Our Human Condition
Resisting the 鈥淢e鈥� Culture Can Lead to Greater Fulfillment
Self-denial can offer more freedom and fulfillment than self-indulgence.
"This effort to constantly make ourselves happy tends to makes us unhappy."
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Conference Highlight
Psychology & the Other
In July, more than 200 people gathered for the 8th Psychology and the Other Conference at Northeastern London's campus. We cherished our time together, and the conversations continue to reverberate in our minds and hearts. Thank you to everyone who joined us in dialogue!
Your presence and contributions to this community are invaluable. Together, we are creating good things in a world that is in such desperate need of them. Thank you all for being part of this journey.
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Lecture Series Highlight
The Hermeneutics of Attention
D. Graham Burnett, Ph.D., explores the evolving understanding of human attention and critiques the commodification of attention in modern industries, referred to as "human fracking."
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Press Highlight
Psychological Humanities Minor
艾可直播 College introduces an innovative minor in Psychological Humanities this fall, designed to weave together diverse disciplines and expand traditional psychological perspectives. The program aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue, blending the study of psychology with philosophical, ethical, and artistic inquiries into human nature.
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Conference Highlight
2024 Kern National Network
The CPHE joined our colleagues in the medical profession at the 2024 Kern National Network for Flourishing in Medicine Conference in Fort Lauderdale Florida where the Center's Director of Research & Curriculum Matthew Clemente ran a Catalyzing Conversation titled "Mental Hygiene or Mental Health?: How Psychology Can Contribute to Flourishing in Medicine."
The Center for Psychological Humanities & Ethics promotes conversation between the psychological sciences and humanities to advance our understanding of the enduring ethical questions at the heart of human existence.
Upcoming Offerings
Every third Monday from September to December
7:00-8:30pm
October 24, 2024
8:00-9:30pm
Honoring Philip Cushman
Philip Cushman, a moral and political luminary in the field of psychology, died on August 22, 2022, the victim of a hit-and-run accident.
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A beloved teacher, scholar, and clinician, Phil is remembered for his听rich analysis of how the self has been conceptualized in the field of psychology, along with his historical and critical exploration of the moral and political horizons of psychotherapy.
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With the establishment of this endowed Fund, created to honor Phil and foster his moral imagination for the field of psychology, we will continue this critically important work for generations to come.
“The argument over the question of whether or not psychology is or is not a philosophical science is, for psychology, a struggle for its very existence.”