AMIRALI ALIMOHAMMADI
PSYCHOTHERAPIST | RESEARCHER
Original Article
| March 2023 |
Main Language English

Outsiders on the storm: Precarity, persecution, and despair in Iranian political‐economic context

APA Citation: Shahbazi, N., Mortazavi, S. S., Fathali Lavasani, F., Alimohammadi, A., Raghfar, H., & Esmaeili, S. (2023). Outsiders on the storm: Precarity, persecution, and despair in Iranian political‐economic context. International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, 20(1), 3-16.
APA Citation: Shahbazi, N., Mortazavi, S. S., Fathali Lavasani, F., Alimohammadi, A., Raghfar, H., & Esmaeili, S. (2023). Outsiders on the storm: Precarity, persecution, and despair in Iranian political‐economic context. International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, 20(1), 3-16.

Understanding the political and socio-economic origins of the psyche depends on examining hegemonic psychodynamics in society and their resonance in the mental space of individuals. This study explains the dominant psychic atmosphere of Iranian participants in the Iranian political and economic context. A qualitative study was conducted through deep interviews with 17 participants from both upper and lower social classes. Based on the results, it seems that through the encounter of citizens with each other and the dominant order, the implemented strategies lead to feelings of insecurity and precarity which loosen the social libidinal ties among citizens and hinder society from reaching integration and cohesion.