Political Science 3366E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Psychoanalysis, Mental Disorder, Externalization
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Addresses struggles, relational dysfunctions, and personal problems through an exploration of an inner psychic world that is largely shaped through childhood experiences. Freud: neurosis, mental disorder, distortion of reality, emotional trauma, childhood trauma = painful physical/psychological wound or shock. Indecent sexual behavior: parenting = poor grooming important in protecting child of trauma, excessive punishment, conflict: neuroses which were resultant from the shock or trauma suffered as a child. Social psychology: collective psychology of groups, crowds, civilizations, father figure: spur and lead, eros-driven: need to love and relate. Internalized norms: dominant culture = identity, conformity: conflict: narcissism of small differences. Inflated importance: small differences and transgression: violence against neighbours, groups, etc. Authoritarian personality (fromm and adorno: frankfurt school: marxism and freudian approaches, conflict, pre-destined to lead or follow authoritarian leader. Fear of freedom: submission to authority of elites and limited aspirations for a better life, conflict, submit to elites whose aspirations compel/limit the submissive, submissive avoid freedom, i. e. their fear.