Cocaine and Communism [Political Pathologies ep. 1] w/ Evan Sedgwick-Jell

A talk by Evan Sedgwick-Jell on the history of communist drug treatment services in Weimar Germany, given at the Political Pathologies conference in Glasgow. Evan Sedgwick-Jell is a researcher, particularly interested in the interrelation of the psy-disciplines and mental health, with political movements and healthcare systems. Their forthcoming work Capitalist Pathology: The Cultural Logic of Mental Health, examines depression as represented in contemporary non-fiction and its implications for the capitalist subject and a new radical politics of mental health. Their current research examines the convergence of social medicine and radical politics in Weimar Germany. SUPPORT: www.buymeacoffee.com/redmedicine Soundtrack by Mark Pilkington Twitter: @red_medicine__ www.redmedicine.substack.com/