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
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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
Avant-garde
Everyone asks “why” at least once in a while. Anyone who thinks will probe for the meaning of life and the meaning of history at least once in their lifetime. And by happenstance, some of us are put in the position to give the answer. Or at least we are put in the position to … Continue reading Avant-garde
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
The Universal Standpoint
If doctrine is everything, and doctrine is then derived from method, and method comes down to psychology, then psychology itself combines consciousness, experience, and knowledge into a “richness of relations” which need to be examined and studied, to borrow from Dewey. But what is more important than the origin of these relations is the manner … Continue reading The Universal Standpoint
Adam A. Azim 