Description
Authoritarian systems restrict more than rights – they collapse belief in what’s possible. This session explores how learned helplessness, diminished political efficacy, and narrative collapse affect the ability to imagine alternatives or act on them. Participants will examine how disillusionment narrows future-thinking, how powerlessness is internalized over time, and how restoring imagination can reignite agency, identity, and civic motivation.
Focus area:
Authoritarianism & Democratic Resilience
