sociatry track

[Ann Hale]

I just got in yesterday's mail an issue of the ANZPA Journal, no. 14 (December, 2005) which I missed having in my collection. I've been making my way through its contents and have been reading with excitement, "The Practical Science of Sociatry" by Dr. Kevin Franklin, psychodramatist,TEP and clinical psychologist from Perth, Australia. (pages 53-58). Rollo Brown, editor of the journal, edited an excerpt of the paper for the journal.

My excitement is that Kevin describes in Morenian terms the debate between Adam and Ed, which caught our attention as it was descriptive of dis-unity we fell all around us as a society at war with itself.  He calls us to Moreno;s vision of three universes, ending with describing the third universe as progressive which has at its heart loving oneself and other as oneself.   Regarding the issue of politics, Kevin writes "Through our governing mechanisms we can arrange to quarentine mental illness, delinquency, terrorism, criminality and other problematic groups from mainstream society to avoid the problem that IS society" .  And about sociatry specifically he writes: " Psychodrama and sociatry are practical sciences: they are alive social sciences. They use the psychodramatic paradigm whereas current social sciences use the psychological paradigm, It is psychodrama's practical, developmental and socially unifying ethic in this healing science that makes its young cousin sociatry a progressive cultural path of best practice. This is a path from society's current confounding, its confusion, and its induction of dis-order in the populace. Sociatry is a way to systemic social unity and the stability of valued socio-diversity.   ...   If we do not trust our process of creative spontaneity learning then we are instead producing what Moreno called sociosis. That is where role taking mentalities dominate spontaneity learning and identity formation to a living death. And that end-state singularity is in service of a reductionist world view where there is one right way to live."

It is such an inspiring and challening article.  If people want to order the journal (my favorite psychodrama read) or back copies contact rollo.browne at bigpond.com 
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