by Meryl Dorf, Ph.D | Oct 6, 2026 | Culture and Society
We are living in a time of profound division. But toxic polarization is more than intense disagreement. It is a psychological shift in which difference begins to feel dangerous, curiosity gives way to certainty, and disagreement hardens into contempt. Don’t Talk...
by Meryl Dorf, Ph.D | Jul 24, 2026 | Culture and Society
At first glance, democracy and psychoanalysis look like entirely different projects; one is a system for governing nations, while the other is a clinical framework for exploring the individual mind. Beneath the surface, however, both are experiments in freedom, both...
