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October 10, 2025Theory & Event

“To Fathom Hell or Soar Angelic”: Theorizing a Psychedelic Politics

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MHMatt Harvey

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Overview

This theoretical analysis articulates psychedelic politics as a means to reclaim political imagination and promote collective action.

Key Points

  • Psychedelic politics promotes transformative experiences that can enhance political imagination and foster collective action.
  • Transhumanist solutions may offer an escape from anxieties but often overlook the significance of personal and collective liberation.
  • Recovery of imagination as a political faculty requires breaking familiar cognitive habits through intentional self-work.
  • A shift towards alternative political worlds is possible by engaging in experiences that transcend our ingrained perspectives.

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Matt Harvey (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e861857ef2f04ca37e3aaahttps://doi.org/10.1353/tae.2025.a971357
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