‘Comrade Doctor’ is an in-depth article by Howard Slater on David Cooper and ‘Anti-Psychiatry’ from Datacide 16 and a critical response to Christoph Fringeli’s review of Peter Sedgewick’s ‘Psycho-Politics’. He examines the tension between sedate rationality and radical psychiatry, contrasting Laing’s romanticism with David Cooper’s push for politicizing madness to challenge capitalist norms and social alienation.
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On November 10th at Vetomat Berlin, a new event titled next:now will discuss the stagnation of cultural innovation in the 2000s, described as the ‘Re’ Decade by Simon Reynolds, and explore society’s preoccupation with the past through the perspectives of Debord’s spectacle concept. Speakers from various cultural backgrounds will engage in a discussion addressing the dilemma between sharing knowledge and succumbing to nostalgia, questioning our ability to shape reality.
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Mystification: ‘This term, mystification, itself mystified, entered the field of psychotechnology to specifically account for indirect communicative manoevres in families and other micro-groups.’
No, there are no techniques of demystification. There is no human technology.
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A comic strip by Simon Lejeune aka Haedre from Datacide 16, a satire about the cosmic sci-fi Breakcore scene.
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