Mind-Body Politic

Michelle Maiese is Professor of Philosophy at Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She is the author of Embodiment, Emotion, and Cognition (2011), Embodied Selves and Embodied Minds (2015), and many articles on topics in philosophy of mind and psychiatry.Robert Hanna is an independent philosopher who has held research or teaching positions at universities in Brazil, Canada, Luxembourg, the UK, and the USA. He is a philosophical generalist and the author or co-author of eleven books, including Rationality and Logic (2006), Embodied Minds in Action (co-authored with Michelle Maiese, 2009) and the five-volume book series, The Rational Human Condition (2015-2018).

“The Mind–Body Politic is a book about the pervasiveness of neoliberal, capitalist ideology and the harmful ways in which we are affected by it, even outside of our own awareness. ... The Mind–Body Politic is a philosophical essay that at times reads more as a call to arms. ... most of the time, theoretically sound and argumentatively strong. ... it will undoubtedly be illuminating at least to the politically involved philosopher of mind … . ” (Josephine Pascoe, Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, Vol. 23 (1), 2024)“The book is not only an exposition of political discourse but concurrently an analysis of form, a rich and ambitious undertaking.” (Isobel Armstrong, Modern Philology, Vol. 117 (1), May, 2019)

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Political Philosophy of Mind.- Chapter 2. Three Theses Unpacked: Mind-Shaping, Collective Sociopathy, and Collective Wisdom.- Chapter 3. What is a Destructive, Deforming Institution?.- Chapter 4. Case-Study I: Higher Education in Neoliberal Nation-States.- Chapter 5. Case-Study II: Mental Health Treatment in Neoliberal Nation-States.- Chapter 6. What is a Constructive, Enabling Institution?.- Chapter 7. How To Design a Constructive, Enabling Institution.- Chapter 8. Conclusion: Cognitive Walls, Cognitive-Affective Revolution, and Real-World Utopias.