[Cadaad] Books from around the CADAAD network

[Samuel Bennett]

Dear colleagues,

Below you can find details of two recent books from around the CADAAD network.

If you’d like to share details of your own publication and activity (monographs, edited volumes, special issues of journals, project calls, conferences, etc.), please send an email to sbennett at amu.edu.pl<mailto:sbennett at amu.edu.pl>


The Discourse of Dehumanization
Małgorzata Waśniewska
This book revisits social-psychological theories of dehumanization and Albert Bandura’s theory of moral disengagement through the lens of discourse analysis, offering a new framework for the linguistic analysis of dehumanization. The volume foregrounds the importance of integrating insights into the psychological and social mechanisms of moral disengagement with analyses of linguistic strategies and techniques to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of dehumanization across various discourses. Through six case studies from varied English-language discursive contexts, Waśniewska charts how language operates at different stages of moral disengagement across news media, new media, and medical, legal, and political discourse. In so doing, the volume presents ways forward for bridging the gap between psychological discourse and linguistic perspectives, and for crossing wider disciplinary boundaries in deepening our understanding of dehumanization, linguistic manipulation, and hate speech.
https://www.routledge.com/The-Discourse-of-Dehumanization/Wasniewska/p/book/9781041009559

Transcendence and Collective Psychology: Cosmic Minds, Mystical Wisdom and the Work of Richard Rohr
Darren Kelsey
Transcendence and Collective Psychology is the sequel to 2022’s Storytelling and Collective Psychology. Framed as a discourse-mythological study, it explores the arcane terrains where science, psychology, and spirituality converge—from mystical theology to UFO encounters, psychedelics, and near-death experiences. At its centre is the contemplative theology of Richard Rohr, whose non-dual vision bridges sacred tradition and modern life. Building from this foundation, Kelsey analyses extraordinary experiences as culturally mediated narratives that shape, and are shaped by, power dynamics surrounding consciousness and human meaning. By interrogating how transcendental claims are authorised, marginalised, or mythologised, the book offers a significant intervention into contemporary cultural discourse, arguing that transcendence remains fundamental to both individual and collective psychology.
https://link.springer.com/book/9783032094940


All the best,

Sam
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