Joseph Scalia III
Psychoanalyst, environmental activist, and co-director of the Institute for a Democratic Psychoanalysis; author and co-author of books on psychoanalysis and environmentalism and former president of Montana Wilderness Association and the Gallatin-Yellowstone Wilderness Alliance.
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Feb 5, 2026 • 1h 5min
Joseph Scalia III and Lynne S. Scalia, "Critical Consciousness: Beyond Impasses in Environmentalism, Psychoanalysis, and Education" (Routledge, 2025)
Joseph Scalia III, psychoanalyst, environmental activist, and co-director of the Institute for a Democratic Psychoanalysis, brings a pluralistic take on entrenched institutions. He explores institutional ossification across psychoanalysis, environmentalism, and education. Conversations trace his Montana wilderness roots, reform efforts, resistance from establishments, and where small pockets of solidarity might spark broader change.
Feb 5, 2026 • 1h 5min
Joseph Scalia III and Lynne S. Scalia, "Critical Consciousness: Beyond Impasses in Environmentalism, Psychoanalysis, and Education" (Routledge, 2025)
Joseph Scalia III, psychoanalyst and environmental activist who co-directs the Institute for a Democratic Psychoanalysis, joins to explore intersections of environmentalism, education, and psychoanalysis. He discusses institutional censorship and pluralism in training. Conversations range from grassroots versus mainstream conservation, hidden aims in schooling, wilderness as ethical grounding, and strategies for democratic, non-doctrinal reform.
