Critical Theory and the Paranormal with Jacob Glazier

Jacob W. Glazier, PhD, has a doctorate degree in Psychology: Consciousness and Society from the University of West Georgia, which he now serves as an assistant professor. He is an online Adjunct Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at New York University – Steinhardt. He is author of Arts of Subjectivity: A New Animism for the Post-Media Era. He is editor of the anthology, Paranormal Ruptures: Critical Approaches to Exceptional Experiences. His website is https://jacobglazier.academia.edu/.

Critical Theory is a sociological and philosophical approach dedicated to analyzing and, when possible, correcting oppression and dominance or hegemony of one group over another. Here Jacob Glazier discusses how this academic movement is relevant for the study of exceptional experiences.

00:00 Introduction
04:13 Defining Critical Theory
12:56 Marginalization and psi
15:32 Power of the monster
20:01 Who defines reality?
25:49 Paranormal tropes in Critical Theory
31:05 Everything is interconnected
33:46 Dominance vs. hegemony
38:57 Neurodiversity
46:05 Conclusion

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(Recorded on October 30, 2023)

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