I came across Frank Furedi's March 8 article "The Therapeutic University" via the Hannah Arendt Center's weekly newsletter. In this article, Furedi reflects on the increasing medicalization of trauma in university contexts. Furedi's article is wide-reaching and provocative. Although I cannot take up all of his points, I would like to comment on a few ways in which feminist relational theory is relevant to his discussion, especially with respect to vulnerability. The therapeutic turn in … [Read more...]