Stephen Soldz
Stephen Soldz | |
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 Stephen Soldz, c.2008. | |
| Born | November 19, 1952 |
| Citizenship | U.S.A. |
| Known for | Politicalactivism |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology,Psychotherapy |
Stephen Soldz(born 19 November 1952) is apsychoanalyst,clinical psychologist,professor,andanti-waractivist.Soldz is director of the Social Justice and Human Rights program at theBoston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis.[1]
He has receivedmediaattention as avocal criticregarding allegations of the use ofpsychological tortureby theU.S. governmentin its conduct of theWar in Iraqand theWar on Terror.
In August 2007, Soldz publicly challenged theAmerican Psychological Associationtobanthe involvement by professionalpsychologistsin theinterrogationof 'enemy combatant'prisonersheld by theCIAandDefense Department.[2]Soldz, in aninterviewwith theSan Francisco Chronicle,publicly accused psychologists attached to the U.S.military baseatGuantanamo Bayof developing and applyingtorturetechniques on detainees while advising interrogators on the levels ofabusethat detainees could withstand.[3]In November 2007, Soldz coauthored an article on psychological torture at Guantanamo Bay withJulian Assange,published viaWikiLeaks.[4]
The American Psychological Association did not pass the ban advocated by Soldz, but instead issued aresolutionstating its opposition to torture and restricting its members from participating in interrogations that involved practices that could be defined as torture.[5]
Additionally, Soldz, in his role as the publisher of theIraq Occupation and Resistance Reportweb site, has written forZnetwebsite questioning the accuracy in reporting the number ofIraqi civilian deathssince theMarch 2003 invasion[6]and has challenged claims that theal-Jazeeratelevision network was supportive ofSaddam Hussein.[7]He has also written opinion columns on the Iraq war for theDaily Kosweb site.
Outside ofpolitics,Soldz andLeigh McCulloughco-edited the 1999 bookReconciling Empirical Knowledge and Clinical Experience: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy,published by the American Psychological Association. Also in 1999, Soldz and George E. Vaillant published their article "The Big Five Personality Traits and the Life Course: A 45-Year Longitudinal Study" in the 'Journal of Research in Personality.The journal's editors later named the Soldz-Vaillant article as the publication's most important paper for that year.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Stephen Soldz"Archived2013-01-02 at theWayback Machine,academic page, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis
- ^“Psychologists to CIA: We Condemn Torture,” Salon, 15 August, 2007
- ^“Psychologists' feud over aiding military interrogators coming to a head”,San Francisco Chronicle,18 August 2007
- ^"Guantanamo document confirms psychological torture," Wikileaks, 17 November 2007
- ^"US Psychologists Scrap Interrogation Ban,"The Washington Post,## 20 August, 2007
- ^Stephen Soldz"When Promoting Truth Obscures the Truth",Znet, 5 February 2006
- ^“Press Freedom or Freedom to Bomb the Press? The Bush Plan to Bomb Al-Jazeera,” Mathaba News Agency, 24 November, 2005
- ^“Soldz and Vaillant Win Annual Award for Most Important Paper”,Journal for Research in Personality,June 2000
External links
[edit]- Official web site
- Stephen Soldz' Daily Kos columns
- Stephen Soldz interviewed on KCRW-FM's "To the Point" on 30 May, 2007
- Stephen Soldz blog: Psyche, Science and Society
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