By Gabriel Aguirre, World BEYOND War, September 4, 2023
On August 31, the book Against a Psychology at the Service of War, Torture, and Domination was presented in Colombia. The launch event was held at the Uniminuto University, where activists from various antimilitarist organizations gathered, including dozens of young people, students, and professors interested in learning more about this important work that reports various studies on the impact of psychology on war
The authors of the book Javier Betancourt, Manuela Rodríguez, Christian Camilo, and Alfredo Rodríguez, spoke during the two-hour event about the most outstanding aspects contained in the chapters of this research work on the role that psychology has had in the context of wars, torture, and systems of domination.
During this event convened by the La Tulpa Antimilitarist Collective and the Militarism Observatory, attendees had the opportunity to ask the authors of the book questions, most of them related to their vision of the role that psychology should play in the processes of peace and the achievement of greater democratic spaces and social justice in the Colombia and Latin America.
World BEYOND War, was present at the activity to accompany this important initiative, which contributes significantly to the abolition of war and militarism. This book, in Spanish, is in PDF here. We invite everyone to give a reading to this important work.
