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In this roundtable talk, Ramzi Fawaz, Romnes Professor of English, proposes that we view humanities education as a form of collective psychedelic therapy, which uses works of art, literature, and media, rather than psychoactive drugs, to induce positive emotional effects in students that have long-term mental health benefits. Fawaz considers how both the recent psychedelic renaissance and contemporary humanities education—especially the study of literature, media and the arts—share a mission to improve the quality of life of the so-called anxious generation. In so doing, he questions the sustainability of an educational model that overvalues the utility of STEM education and divorces technical and scientific fields from humanistic questions about the nature of the good life, the meaning of artistic production, the struggle for political freedom, and the faculty of the imagination.
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