Camille Robcis - Uncovering Radical Psychiatry and Institutional Psychotherapy in Postwar France

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🗓️ 22 March 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Camille Robcis is a Professor of History and French at Columbia University. She is the author of two books, The Law of Kinship: Anthropology, Psychoanalysis, and the Family in France, and her more recent book from 2021, Disalienation: Politics, Philosophy and Radical Psychiatry in Postwar France. Her areas of interest and expertise include European Intellectual History, with a focus on 19th and 20th Century France.

In her latest book, Disalienation, Dr. Robcis explores the highly experimental mid to late 20th Century French psychiatric efforts that, while sharing some similarities with other anti-psychiatric movements of that time, offer many novel insights into forms of psychiatry and psychotherapy that prioritize community and liberation.

Dr. Robcis offers a comprehensive account of the distinct approach to radical psychiatry known as Institutional Psychotherapy. In this interview, I had the opportunity to delve deeper into Dr. Robcis's interest in this approach and gain insight into what sets Institutional Psychotherapy apart as a groundbreaking form of radical psychiatry within its broader European and French context.

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1:02.7	if you can. Okay, and now on to our interview. Hello and welcome to the Madden America
1:09.0	podcast. I'm Micah Engle, a doctoral candidate in psychology at the
1:14.6	University of West Georgia, and a research newswriter for the Madden America website. Today I'm
1:21.0	joined by Dr. Camille Robsis. Dr. Robsis is a professor of history and French at Columbia University.
1:29.3	She did her undergraduate work at Brown University and her Ph.D. at Cornell, where she worked for 10 years.
1:37.8	Dr. Robsis has written two books, one published in 2013, titled The Law of Kinship, Anthropology, Psychoanalysis, and the Family in France,
1:49.2	and a more recent book from 2021 titled Disalienation, Politics, Philosophy, and Radical Psychiatry in Post-War France.
2:00.9	These works are indicative of her areas of interest and expertise,
2:05.4	which include European intellectual history,
2:09.3	most specifically 19th and 20th century France.
2:14.4	Her recent book, Disalienation,
2:22.5	covers a period of mid- late 20th century French psychiatric efforts that were highly experimental and shared things in common with other anti-psychiatric
2:30.8	movements at the time while also distinguishing themselves from, for example,
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