Professor, what social organizations are you referring to, that give us people who operate without conscience? I tend to believe that the most formative social organization in cultures that produce a certain percentage of sociopathic, malignant narcissists in Western cultures, is the nuclear family. However, I completely agree that there…
Professor, what social organizations are you referring to, that give us people who operate without conscience? I tend to believe that the most formative social organization in cultures that produce a certain percentage of sociopathic, malignant narcissists in Western cultures, is the nuclear family. However, I completely agree that there are widening circles of influence as a baby becomes a toddler, then a child, adolescent, and adult. In all of these developmental stages the culture (including the nuclear family) continues to exert influence over the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of its members, including whatever social organizations you had in mind...Absolutely, yes.
The reason I describe unconscious processes is that the effects of the cultural surround, including the nuclear family, have their greatest effect in the earliest years, then fall into the background of consciousness. Paradoxically, the more unconscious a belief is, such as "big boys don't cry," the stronger the hold it has over the individual or culture. These beliefs and attitudes, over time, become unassailable "truths." Their influence is almost total until a critical mass of people in that culture consciously challenge it.
Professor, what social organizations are you referring to, that give us people who operate without conscience? I tend to believe that the most formative social organization in cultures that produce a certain percentage of sociopathic, malignant narcissists in Western cultures, is the nuclear family. However, I completely agree that there are widening circles of influence as a baby becomes a toddler, then a child, adolescent, and adult. In all of these developmental stages the culture (including the nuclear family) continues to exert influence over the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of its members, including whatever social organizations you had in mind...Absolutely, yes.
The reason I describe unconscious processes is that the effects of the cultural surround, including the nuclear family, have their greatest effect in the earliest years, then fall into the background of consciousness. Paradoxically, the more unconscious a belief is, such as "big boys don't cry," the stronger the hold it has over the individual or culture. These beliefs and attitudes, over time, become unassailable "truths." Their influence is almost total until a critical mass of people in that culture consciously challenge it.