The Cost of Being an Iconoclast: Illuminating the Behavioral Reciprocity between America and Ye

IF 0.8 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Pastoral Psychology Pub Date : 2024-04-13 DOI:10.1007/s11089-024-01133-y
Jai Gandhi
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Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, admitted to, and then retracted, a personal diagnosis of bipolar disorder. He may be the most polarizing figure in popular culture, a prophet abandoned by his disciples. The author views his myriad of iconoclastic and controversial actions alongside the American public’s response to those actions through the lens of Kendrick Lamar’s seminal work To Pimp a Butterfly. America’s response to Ye’s incessant antagonism is examined through the dimensions of defiance, depression, anger, revenge, and, most importantly, duality as illuminated through Lamar’s album. An exploration is pursued between the interplay of America’s response to Ye’s behaviors, the relevance of mental instability, and leveraging Ye as an illustration of the broader assumptions made in response to any given individual’s personal mental health struggles.

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成为偶像破坏者的代价》:揭示美国与叶利钦之间的行为互惠关系
原名坎耶-韦斯特(Kanye West)的艺术家叶承认,他个人被诊断患有躁郁症,但随后又收回了这一诊断。他可能是流行文化中最两极分化的人物,是被门徒抛弃的先知。作者通过肯德里克-拉马尔(Kendrick Lamar)的开创性作品《皮条客蝴蝶》(To Pimp a Butterfly)的视角,审视了他无数具有标志性和争议性的行为,以及美国公众对这些行为的反应。作者通过拉马尔的专辑,从蔑视、抑郁、愤怒、复仇以及最重要的二元性等维度,审视了美国对叶氏无休止的对抗行为的反应。我们探讨了美国对叶的行为的反应、精神不稳定的相关性,以及将叶作为对任何特定个人的个人精神健康斗争的更广泛假设的一个例证。
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期刊介绍: Pastoral Psychology, founded in 1950, is one of the most well-established and respected journals in the field of psychology and religion/spirituality. Pastoral Psychology is an international forum that publishes scholarly, peer-reviewed original articles that address varied aspects of religion and spirituality from physical, human science, and interfaith perspectives. Historically, the word “pastoral” has referred to the care of individuals, families, and communities. Today, we additionally consider “pastoral” in terms of lived experience as it relates to embodiment, the social-political, economic, spiritual, and environmental dimensions of life. All theoretical perspectives are welcome, as Pastoral Psychology regularly publishes articles from a variety of schools of thought, including, but not limited to, psychoanalytic and other dynamic psychologies, cognitive psychologies, experimental and empirical psychologies, humanistic psychology, transpersonal psychology, and cultural psychology. Insights from existential perspectives, intersectional theories, philosophical and theological theories, gender and queer studies, sociology, anthropology, public mental health, and cultural and empirical studies are welcome. Theoretical contributions that have direct or indirect relevance for practice, broadly construed, are especially desirable, as our intended audience includes not only academics and scholars in religion and science, but also religious and spiritual leaders, as well as caregivers, chaplains, social workers, counselors/therapists, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, and persons interested in matters of religion/spirituality and psychology. Pastoral Psychology welcomes scholarship and reflection from all religious and spiritual traditions. In addition to scholarly research papers, the journal welcomes thoughtful essays on a wide range of issues and various genres of writing, including book reviews and film reviews. The community of scholars represented in its pages has demonstrated that the life challenges the journal seeks to address are universally shared, yet also reflect individual social, cultural, and religious locations. The journal, therefore, welcomes submissions from scholars from around the world.
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