"...deformation is not a sickness in human beings, but of society"
T.W. Adorno, Minima Moralia
CICSI is a new research initiative of academics and practitioners. It's cross-institutional and independent. Taking inspiration from the early Frankfurt School, its purpose is to study problems with society by conceptualising them in terms of social ills or pathologies; and to provide conceptual tools and a broader evidence base with which to address them. Our approach is interdisciplinary and ecumenical. It is guided by individuals and social movements who are struggling to end oppression, needless suffering, and injustice.
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Les Temps Qui Restent
Normal Sickness in our Psychiatric Present
Before the 1980s, meeting a psychiatric diagnosis was rare—and socially stigmatising. Today, it is estimated that over 80% of people meet the criteria for a psychiatric diagnosis. Have we all gone mad? Or has the meaning of illness changed? Or is it society that is sick?