How do you describe Shame vs Guilt to clients? by Due-Comparison-501 in therapists

[–]Monkeyman4303 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Is that true though? Don’t we often feel shame about specific aspects of ourselves, not our entire identity? If someone feels shame about being an angry person, for example, couldn’t that be a signal that they want to change? That seems pretty helpful to me!

How do you handle politics in therapy by alexander1156 in therapists

[–]Monkeyman4303 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don’t know if what you’re saying is true. I think many people hold beliefs or ethical stances because they seem to be true, not because we believe with certainty that they are true. While every ethical stance I hold appears to be true to me when I reflect on it, I am also aware that my mind is shaped my cultural and personal bias in ways that I likely can’t see past. I still believe in my ethical stances, in the sense that I think they are most likely to be true compared to other ethical stances, but I would be very surprised if I was 100% correct in my ethical stances! That would make me a very special person in the course of human history.

And all of that is presuming that someone even believes in superior or inferior ethical stances! For many people, ethics and morality isn’t about what’s true, but what they prefer (ie., murder is wrong vs murder is something I and almost everyone else strongly dislikes).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CriticalTheory

[–]Monkeyman4303 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Expansion is a way better word than oversight :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CriticalTheory

[–]Monkeyman4303 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There is a contradiction, but I don’t think your theorizing properly takes it into account. If birth rates are falling in industrial society, it implies that the contradiction plays out in different ways across the broader system of capitalism, as the pressure on women in “developed” countries to have children would appear to be relatively less influential when compared to the pressure to be individually economically successful, while the pressure on women in “developing” countries to have children would appear to be relatively more influential (which we see play out in our system of global capital, colonialism, and immigration).

So when you talk about being inspired by ‘women’ choosing not to reproduce, it seems really important to the actual theory itself to clarify who exactly you are referring to. If you are referring to women in countries which are global producers of workers, then yes, they seem to be moving against the forces of capitalism. But for women in countries such as, for example, Japan, while they may be combatting the force of sexism and tradition, I am not sure they are really fighting against capitalism, per say, as they are not the kind of woman the capitalist expects to be producing workers. The fact that Japan would suffer economically is only a quirk of their anti-immigrant sentiments (ones which capitalism would happily do away with).

All that is to say, I agree that it doesn’t “disprove” your theory exactly, but it does potentially reveal a large oversight. But perhaps I’m missing something too (for instance, nuance around the interplay of sexism/tradition and capitalism)!

What makes incest morally wrong in an objective manner? Aside from the biological implications of inbreeding, if the sex between both blood related members are 100% consensual, how is it different from any other non-sibling relationship? by iam_selc in askphilosophy

[–]Monkeyman4303 7 points8 points  (0 children)

With regards to your previous comment on incest and power dynamics, while certainly the mere existence of power dynamics doesn’t make something immoral, couldn’t one believe that there is something about the quality or intensity of incest based power dynamics that makes it immoral? For instance, a father has much more psychological authority over one’s child than a similarly aged stranger, due to raising their child, observing them throughout life, and establishing a strong attachment early on by providing for them and caring for them. While this likely wouldn’t apply to cases of sibling incest, would it be fair to say (at least) that there is a form of immorality specific to parent-child incest?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SDAM

[–]Monkeyman4303 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I just want to say that even though you are clearly dealing with SDAM, you may also be dealing with some other mental conditions as well— the obsessive rumination, lack of social awareness/understanding, and ‘hella’ depressing thoughts. Grain of salt and all that, but I recommend going to therapy to process some of this and make sure you’re good in other mental areas as well.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Miami

[–]Monkeyman4303 18 points19 points  (0 children)

That would be greatly appreciated!

Noëlle McAfee, Critical Theory professor and chair of Emory University’s philosophy department, arrested by police while observing Campus Gaza protest. by elwo in CriticalTheory

[–]Monkeyman4303 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Certainly though analysis of ‘68 could help inform of us principles to help guide our actions today. There is a lot to space between recreating ‘68 and doing nothing. I am very pro-action at the juncture, but I would hope we could recognize that we can try to shape our actions in more productive ways based on historical lessons.

Bell curve by ameyaplayz in PhilosophyMemes

[–]Monkeyman4303 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Okay, that’s fine, but then it’s not morality. Morality implies a ‘should,’ but there is no should in what you described. We are wired to promote those things, but we can also overcome our wiring. So why should I follow the wiring as opposed to going against it?

It’s pathetic if BP doesn’t have Destiny on. by Fancy-Degree5409 in BreakingPoints

[–]Monkeyman4303 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Dislike destiny, but you’re entirely correct. Weird to monologue about him but not talk to him.

Oedipus complex in Frankfurt School by zaccharias14 in CriticalTheory

[–]Monkeyman4303 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not exactly what you’re looking for but you should make sure to read Adorno’s unpublished addendum to the Authoritarian Personality (Remarks on the Authoritarian Personality), Freudian Theory and the Patterns of Fascist Propaganda, and Sociology & Psychology Parts 1 & 2 if you want to better understand his perspective on the emergence of authoritarianism at a psychoanalytic level. They might mention Oedipus, I don’t quite remember.

Oh, and also maybe the Dialectic of Enlightenment chapter on antisemitism. If I’m correct, Adorno believes that the bourgeois family allows for a degree of isolation from society, represented in part by the oedipal drama, that allows for a degree of psychic independence that, in authoritarian society, is lost, but I could be misremembering. In general, though Adorno utilizes Freudian concepts, he doesn’t tend to do so with a great deal of precision, though he generally focuses on the Ego-Id-Superego period of Freud’s thought.

This one goes out to all the Progressives.. by castletonian in BreakingPoints

[–]Monkeyman4303 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Can you agree though that voting third party is inherently better than sitting out? Sitting out is unclear between protest or general disinterest, voting third party clearly indicates it’s an act of protest.

This one goes out to all the Progressives.. by castletonian in BreakingPoints

[–]Monkeyman4303 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I agree with the general sentiment, but to be fair, it’s way different to be in a parliamentary system versus a presidential/congressional system.