105: Psychoanalytic Understanding of Woke with Jaco van Zyl

SUBSCRIBE FOR FULL EPISODE HERE Dr. Klein and Jaco van Zyle engage in a very dense and intricate discussion regarding the psychoanalytic understanding of the Critical Social Justice craze that has blown through western civilization. This is a must listen and a must share. Dr. Klein records this episode while sick with Covid. Perseverance!  Jaco van Zyl, MA (Clinical Psychology), https://www.jvanzylpsych.com/ Jaco is a South Africa-trained clinical psychologist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist now based in Ireland specialising in trauma-spectrum disorders, personality and mood disorders, and affective disturbances related to gender and sexuality. 

Informed by the historical and contemporary political challenges of his home country, Jaco explores the dynamics of group psychology, ideology, adopted narratives and rituals within political and ideological movements. He uses a psychoanalytic lens to shed light on recent identitarian developments writing for  Merion West (here) and CTA (here, here and here). Jaco is also a co-host on the Critical Therapy Antidote Podcast, a wide-ranging discussion forum, where he and Christine Sefein Wolk explore current ideological and psychological trends in society with fascinating guests.

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