It follows that we do not stop at conflict when we are pursuing a final analysis of everything, given that in the end, everything is psychoanalytical, and given that everything is psychoanalytical, conflict ends up serving as a mere model for psychoanalysis. We have repression and the self-preservation instinct on one hand, and on the … Continue reading Love and Hate
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A Masculine Protest
In essence, what is at the heart of the social world and at the heart of our social reality - namely, the unconscious - is unknown. And it is unknown because what drives the unconscious is an outer-body energy which psychoanalysts have called the “libido.” Repression is “brought to bear upon the libidinal instincts.” Repression … Continue reading A Masculine Protest
The Doctrine of Repression
The overall absurdity and dilemmas which we face in the world scene are also conscious and repressive. All of it weighs on the mind heavily. Hence, we revert to the issue of Freudian repression, given that we find that repression is at the heart of both organization and structure upon close examination. Western repression ends up being … Continue reading The Doctrine of Repression
Personal Milieux and Public Structure
In short, there are structural formations which lie behind global epiphenomena such as the Cold War and East-West relations. And as a result of structure and its complexity, it can leave many people feeling trapped and helpless, given that it takes a lot to understand and grasp all of the complexity. It takes both boldness and strength … Continue reading Personal Milieux and Public Structure
Master Trends
The moral of the story is that liberalism as a global “epistemological regime” has failed, and in turn, a power vacuum has been left behind. The challenge is in finding something from within the West which can replace liberalism as an “epistemological regime” or borrow something from outside of the West which can then replace liberalism as … Continue reading Master Trends
Adam A. Azim 