The Mind-Body Politic

Abstract

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1: Introduction: Political Philosophy of Mind -- 1.1 The Philosophy of Mind -- 1.1.1 Situated Cognition and Affectivity -- 1.2 Emancipatory Political Theory -- References -- 2: Three Theses Unpacked: Mind-Shaping, Collective Sociopathy, and Collective Wisdom -- 2.1 The Mind-Shaping Thesis -- 2.1.1 Its Meaning -- 2.1.2 Enactivism, Affective Framing, and Habits -- 2.1.3 Affordances and Enculturated Expectations -- 2.1.4 Its Truth -- 2.2 The Collective Wisdom Thesis -- 2.2.1 Its Meaning -- 2.2.2 Its Truth -- 2.3 The Collective Sociopathy Thesis -- 2.3.1 Its Meaning -- 2.3.2 Its Truth -- 2.4 Mind-Shaping Inside Sociodynamic Systems -- References -- 3: What Is a Destructive, Deforming Institution? -- 3.1 True Needs, False Needs, False Freedom of Choice, and Collective Sociopathy -- 3.2 Eight Criteria, How to Make Them Vivid, and How to Explain Them -- 3.2.1 Commodification -- 3.2.2 Mechanization -- 3.2.3 Coercion -- 3.2.4 Divided Mind -- 3.2.5 Reversal of Affect -- 3.2.6 Loss of Autonomy -- 3.2.7 Incentivization of Desires -- 3.2.8 False Consciousness -- 3.3 How to Prove These Claims -- References -- 4: Case-Study I: Higher Education in Neoliberal Nation-States -- 4.1 Higher Education as the Higher Commodification -- 4.1.1 "Mind Invasion" and Collective Sociopathy -- 4.1.2 Neoliberal U -- 4.1.3 The Affective Pull of Neoliberal Ideology -- 4.2 Neoliberal U and the Eight Criteria of Collective Sociopathy -- 4.2.1 Commodification -- 4.2.2 Mechanization -- 4.2.3 Coercion -- 4.2.4 Divided Mind -- 4.2.5 Reversal of Affect -- 4.2.6 Loss of Autonomy -- 4.2.7 Incentivization of Desires -- 4.2.8 False Consciousness -- 4.3 Shared Expectations in Online Education -- References -- 5: Case-Study II: Mental Health Treatment in Neoliberal Nation-States.