When Language Stops Telling the Truth: The Psychology of Ideological Reasoning

On July 15, Cardinal Robert Sarah told the European Parliament that European diplomatic language has drifted from reality, calling the pattern a 'crisis of the logos.' The psychology behind that drift — motivated cognition, cognitive fusion, and disordered passion — is well-charted territory in both Thomistic anthropology and contemporary behavioral science. Understanding how ideology gets its emotional grip is the first step toward restoring genuine dialogue.