NDLI: State-Corporate Capitalism, Political Polarization, and a Culture of Unquiet Desperation: A Pastoral Analysis and Responses

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	LaMothe, Ryan
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	This article proffers a pastoral analysis of a culture of unquiet desperation. In particular, I argue that state-corporate capitalism’s ethos of zero-sum competition; the commodification of seemingly all aspects of daily life; singular aims of profit, productivity, never-ending market control and expansion; and the prevalence of contractual-functional relationships in society have become the dominant interpretive frameworks in society, undermining both community and a culture of care, as well as contributing to loneliness, isolation, anxiety, and insecurity. Political polarization fosters and reflects a vicious cycle of underlying fear, hostility, and distrust between groups, wherein members take shelter behind the walls of their theo-political enclaves. Six pastoral responses are briefly considered.
Starting Page	15
Ending Page	29
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00312789
Journal	Pastoral Psychology
Volume Number	61
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15736679
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2011-05-18
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Capitalism Political polarization Pastoral care Religious Studies Clinical Psychology Cross Cultural Psychology Sociology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Religious Studies Social Psychology Applied Psychology

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State-Corporate Capitalism, Political Polarization, and a Culture of Unquiet Desperation: A Pastoral Analysis and Responses