Interesting paper on psychology and neoliberalism:
ABSTRACT
This article draws attention to the relationship between neoliberalism and psychology.
Features of this relationship can be seen with reference to recent studies linking
psychology to neoliberalism through the constitution of a kind of subjectivity susceptible to neoliberal governmentality. Three examples are presented that reveal the ways
in which psychologists are implicated in the neoliberal agenda: psychologists’ conception and treatment of social anxiety disorder, positive psychology, and educational
psychology. It is hoped that presenting and discussing these cases broadens the context
of consideration in which psychological ethics might be examined and more richly
informed. It is concluded that only by interrogating neoliberalism, psychologists’
relationship to it, how it affects what persons are and might become, and whether it is
good for human well-being can we understand the ethics of psychological disciplinary
and professional practices in the context of a neoliberal political order and if we are
living up to our social responsibility.