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Sanity, “madness,” and the academy
Author(s) -
Maclean Kate
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the canadian geographer / le géographe canadien
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.35
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1541-0064
pISSN - 0008-3658
DOI - 10.1111/cag.12264
Subject(s) - sanity , elitism , mental distress , context (archaeology) , mental health , mental illness , neoliberalism (international relations) , sociology , power (physics) , distress , psychology , criminology , psychoanalysis , psychiatry , political science , social science , psychotherapist , law , history , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , politics
Key Messages The “epidemic” of mental health crises in universities needs to be understood in the context of academic hierarchies and power dynamics. Contradictory pressures are exerted on early career researchers by the collision of elitism and neoliberalism. R. D. Laing's approach to mental illness can elucidate how the work culture of universities interacts with the experience of mental distress.