🎥 Conférence : Psychologie politique

La psychologie politique : ça a vraiment du sens ?

Le 19 mai dernier, Viciss et moi-même étions invitées au 75 ans du Comité Para. Nous y avons tenu une table ronde et une conférence à l’Université Libre de Bruxelles, cette dernière étant une introduction à la psychologie politique. Malheureusement, je n’ai pas la possibilité de pouvoir publier ici cette conférence en raison de problèmes techniques. Compte tenu de cette période délicate (une législative anticipée avec la possibilité de l’arrivée de l’extrême droite au pouvoir en France), nous avons décidé de refaire cette conférence dans un format minimaliste (très peu de montage, pas d’animation, son, etc.). Je vais ici essayer d’introduire ce qu’est la psychologie politique en partant de ses apriori. Nous nous demanderons notamment si nos attitudes et comportements politiques sont rationnels, si nous sommes d’abord motivés par des intérêts personnels (pour ne pas dire égoïstes), s’il est raisonnable d’interroger les affinités idéologiques sous l’angle de la psychologie, et si oui ce que signifierait « gauche » et « droite ». Vous retrouverez nos éléments bibliographiques dans nos sources. Portez-vous bien !

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