Dr. Rami Gabriel Talks with Eli about his new article out in Aeon "How Psychology Fills the Gap from the Disenchantment of the World" (formerly "Psychology as Mythology"). This article is the first chapter in Rami's forthcoming book "A Suspicious Science: The Uses of Psychology." The Interview is in three parts. First, Rami gives a summary of the project, then Eli has Rami break down some core concepts from this article (ex. Personhood, Materialism, Myth, Secular Modernity), and finally Rami unpacks what's at stake for us.

Transcript at:

https://shred-mag.com/shred-radio-013-rami-gabriel-psychology-as-mythology/

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Rami Gabriel, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Humanities, History, and Social Sciences at Columbia College Chicago.⁠

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Current research interests include the philosophy of psychology, consciousness, the self, affective neuroscience, social affordances, and diaspora musical communities.⁠

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His first book, Why I Buy: Self, Taste, and Consumer Society in America (2013), is published by Intellect Press UK and distributed in America by University of Chicago Press.⁠

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Dr. Gabriel is a founding fellow at the Columbia College Chicago Liberal Arts and Sciences Research group in Mind, Science, and Culture (http://www.colum.edu/academics/mind-s...​). The group's focus is on the evolution of emotion, this work eventuated in Dr. Gabriel's second book, co-authored with Dr. Stephen T Asma, The Emotional Mind: Affective Roots of Culture and Cognition (Harvard University Press, 2019).⁠

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A third book manuscript, A Suspicious Science: The Uses of Psychology, is in the works.⁠

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Dr. Gabriel is also a composer and professional musician; he performs locally and nationally on the oud and the guitar. His musical interests center on Middle Eastern classical and folk music, American Jazz, Blues, and Soul, as well as musique concrete. He has produced several albums with Illinois Arts Council grants and looks forward to further expanding his artistic scope.⁠

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