School of Anarchology

Anarchology of Art (2/5):  “Dance” as Repressed Rebellion and the Discourse of Silent Protest ✍️ Mahmoud Sadeghi Janbehan Translated and edited with the assistance of ChatGPT Dance and the Logic of Emotional Rebellion Abstract This paper explores dance from the perspective of Art Anarchology, interpreting it as a specific manifestation of repressed rebellion and a silent discourse of protest. In this view, dance emerges as an unconscious and profound response to the blockage of the cognitive, emotional, and ethical dimensions of the human psyche—a dynamic act that preserves psychological and existential balance against systems of domination. The dancer’s body ceases to be a spectacle; it becomes an agent of protest and resistance. A speechless language, it recreates the experience of “being” and freedom within imposed silence. From its ritual origins to modern forms, dance has journeyed from collective ceremony to individual expression and protest, continuously transforming re...

 Anarchology of Art  (1/5): “Dance” as Repressed Rebellion and the Discourse of Silent Protest ✍️ Mahmoud Sadeghi Janebahan Translated by ChatGPT  Abstract Within the framework of Art Anarchology, this article examines dance as a language that carries within itself the forces of repressed rebellion and internal as well as social domination. It is a language that emerges from the human incapacity for cognitive and moral revolt against the forces that obstruct freedom and human dignity, finding expression through the bodily emotion of dance. In this perspective, dance is not merely an aesthetic act but a silent protest—an embodiment of suppressed defiance against systems of domination, patriarchy, and inner fragmentation. By tracing the historical and epistemological trajectory of dance and its expressive modes—from primitive rituals to resistance against patriarchal structures, from inner discharge to repressed protest, and from existential expression to resistance aga...

Health Anarchology: (2/10) Self-Integrity with Authentic Being in Moral Selfhood Mahmoud Sadeghi Janbehan Translated by ChatGPT  Introduction In the modern era, the concept of mental health is primarily defined within biological, psychological, and social frameworks—as if health merely denotes the absence of illness, the maintenance of psychological and social balance, or a state of mental calm and adaptive adjustment. Although this view has proven useful in applied domains, it has largely neglected a more fundamental human dimension: the relationship between the individual and the experiences of cognitive and moral courage, rebellion against domination, and the unity of the self. Consequently, the modern conception of mental health has been reduced to conformity with social norms and the standards of a dominant scientific order, particularly within mainstream psychology. While concepts such as self-actualization and self-realization have received extensive attention in psycho...