Lauren Van De Hey April 2026 Is mental health an emerging political identity? In the first study that investigates experiencing mental illness as a political identity, I find that it is. Using a nationally representative survey of Americans fielded in the 2022 CES (N = 1,000), I answer the question: “For whom is mental illness a political identity?” I adapt Jardina’s work (White Identity Politics. 1st ed. Cambridge University Press, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108645157

Stefan Bogaerts, Atha Chasiotis, Patrick Klaiber, John Bechara, Loes Abrahams, Bell Piyasinchai, Tom Junker, Meeke Hoedjes, Lisanne Stone, Marija Janković Erik Masthoff FEB. 2026 Abstract This theoretical study investigates contemporary experiences of alienation through five major societal transitions: individualization, performance pressure, technological overload, loss of meaning, and ecological awareness. Drawing on key psychoanalytic concepts, particularly the role of th

Dec. 2025 Zihuan ZHOU Highly educated young employees in Chinese internet companies experience profound alienation, yet many refuse to identify as alienated because alienation is often seen as preferable to unemployment or failure. Instead, they perceive actively alienating themselves as a strategic means of securing a place in a highly uncertain world, aligning with corporate discipline and technological regimes in hopes of achieving future autonomy. This reflects a social i

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