Harrison J Schmitt
Biographic Data
| ID | 6703178 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Harrison J Schmitt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Harrison J |
| FAMILY NAME | Schmitt |
| SIGNATURE | SCHMITT H J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Arizona |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1630-3976 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Collectivized Suffering Among Marginalized Group Members
The Hierarchy of Self‐Positions: Towards a Historical Psychology of Capitalist Individualism
Social psychology requires a theory of capitalist individualism that explains how meritocratic beliefs and a phenomenology of autonomy interact with historic and systemic factors that facilitate hierarchic constraint on most individuals. Here, we present such a theory and apply it to capitalist individualism as it has manifested in the history of the United States. Our hierarchy of self‐positions model suggests that groups and individuals in the …
How do neoliberals vote? Power‐based asymmetries in hierarchy‐enhancement
Neoliberal ideology has received increasing empirical attention in recent years, although little is known about its relationship to voting behavior. Examining this question may offer insight into theoretical questions regarding social hierarchies and neoliberalism. Following from social dominance theory, we posit that social dominance orientation should predict neoliberal ideology, which should, in turn, predict voting for a Republican candidate.…
Neoliberalism and pandemics: A critical cultural psychological perspective
In this theoretical article, we analyze from a critical cultural psychological perspective why neoliberalism is ill-suited to handle crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. In doing so, we describe a process whereby neoliberalism motivates individualism, which in turn contributes to precarity, inequality, depoliticization, and penality, each of which have exacerbated the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic. We conclude with a critique of how hegemoni…
The sociomaterial force theory of identity
Foundational theories in social psychology tend to focus on the individual’s phenomenological experience, and to conceive of the environment and the individual as discrete entities. To overcome the ontological and epistemological limitations of such perspectives, we propose a theory rooted in culturally oriented existential philosophy. This sociomaterial force theory of identity emphasizes the reciprocal, historically contingent relationship betw…
Chronic environmental contamination: A narrative review of psychosocial health consequences, risk factors, and pathways to community resilience
An Existential Analysis of Responses to the 2020 Coronavirus Outbreak
This essay examines people’s responses to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic from the perspective of existential psychology. The existential anxieties associated with the pandemic, as well as people’s responses to them, can be understood and articulated through Sartre’s concept of bad faith. Using this existential lens, we examine the ways in which people’s responses to the virus interact with long-standing societal patterns of interconnection as well…
A brighter future: The effect of social class on responses to future debt
The present study serves as an exploratory investigation of the role of social class in responses to the threat of future debt. Previous work has shown that individuals of high and low subjective social class differ in the ways that they respond to a broad range of threats and uncertainties about the future. Across three studies, we found that lower social class individuals expect more future debt and suffer greater attendant stress than higher c…
The spatialization and temporalization of environmental suffering
Many people live in circumstances of environmental suffering: exposure to contaminated natural resources and toxic chemicals due to a history of accident or misuse. Environmental suffering is disproportionately experienced by politically, ethnically, and economically disadvantaged group members. An analysis rooted in the concept of false consciousness ( Gabel, 1975 ) suggests that environmental suffering narratives tend toward perspectival distor…
Neoliberalism and pandemics: A critical cultural psychological perspective
In this theoretical article, we analyze from a critical cultural psychological perspective why neoliberalism is ill-suited to handle crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. In doing so, we describe a process whereby neoliberalism motivates individualism, which in turn contributes to precarity, inequality, depoliticization, and penality, each of which have exacerbated the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic. We conclude with a critique of how hegemoni…
A brighter future: The effect of social class on responses to future debt
The present study serves as an exploratory investigation of the role of social class in responses to the threat of future debt. Previous work has shown that individuals of high and low subjective social class differ in the ways that they respond to a broad range of threats and uncertainties about the future. Across three studies, we found that lower social class individuals expect more future debt and suffer greater attendant stress than higher c…
A brighter future: The effect of social class on responses to future debt
The present study serves as an exploratory investigation of the role of social class in responses to the threat of future debt. Previous work has shown that individuals of high and low subjective social class differ in the ways that they respond to a broad range of threats and uncertainties about the future. Across three studies, we found that lower social class individuals expect more future debt and suffer greater attendant stress than higher c…
The spatialization and temporalization of environmental suffering
Many people live in circumstances of environmental suffering: exposure to contaminated natural resources and toxic chemicals due to a history of accident or misuse. Environmental suffering is disproportionately experienced by politically, ethnically, and economically disadvantaged group members. An analysis rooted in the concept of false consciousness ( Gabel, 1975 ) suggests that environmental suffering narratives tend toward perspectival distor…
Chronic environmental contamination: A narrative review of psychosocial health consequences, risk factors, and pathways to community resilience
An Existential Analysis of Responses to the 2020 Coronavirus Outbreak
This essay examines people’s responses to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic from the perspective of existential psychology. The existential anxieties associated with the pandemic, as well as people’s responses to them, can be understood and articulated through Sartre’s concept of bad faith. Using this existential lens, we examine the ways in which people’s responses to the virus interact with long-standing societal patterns of interconnection as well…
The sociomaterial force theory of identity
Foundational theories in social psychology tend to focus on the individual’s phenomenological experience, and to conceive of the environment and the individual as discrete entities. To overcome the ontological and epistemological limitations of such perspectives, we propose a theory rooted in culturally oriented existential philosophy. This sociomaterial force theory of identity emphasizes the reciprocal, historically contingent relationship betw…
Neoliberalism and pandemics: A critical cultural psychological perspective
In this theoretical article, we analyze from a critical cultural psychological perspective why neoliberalism is ill-suited to handle crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. In doing so, we describe a process whereby neoliberalism motivates individualism, which in turn contributes to precarity, inequality, depoliticization, and penality, each of which have exacerbated the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic. We conclude with a critique of how hegemoni…
How do neoliberals vote? Power‐based asymmetries in hierarchy‐enhancement
Neoliberal ideology has received increasing empirical attention in recent years, although little is known about its relationship to voting behavior. Examining this question may offer insight into theoretical questions regarding social hierarchies and neoliberalism. Following from social dominance theory, we posit that social dominance orientation should predict neoliberal ideology, which should, in turn, predict voting for a Republican candidate.…
Collectivized Suffering Among Marginalized Group Members
The Hierarchy of Self‐Positions: Towards a Historical Psychology of Capitalist Individualism
Social psychology requires a theory of capitalist individualism that explains how meritocratic beliefs and a phenomenology of autonomy interact with historic and systemic factors that facilitate hierarchic constraint on most individuals. Here, we present such a theory and apply it to capitalist individualism as it has manifested in the history of the United States. Our hierarchy of self‐positions model suggests that groups and individuals in the …
Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Existentialism (2 works)