Re: Psychoanalysis Re: "happiness is a transitory state"

[Eugene Coyle <eugenecoyle@xxxxxxx>]

So,  should the decline of the British empire have been predicted
because Brits are "subjects"?  I always marveled that Brits were willing
to be so described.

Gene Coyle

Doug Henwood wrote:

> Mike Ballard wrote:
>
> > Why *don't* the proles revolt?  After all, capitalism
> > is way past its "use-by" date by now.  That's
> > demonstrated on this list daily by the countless,
> > excellent news articles posted.
> >
> > Could this condition originate in a conservative
> > psychological character structure rooted in the
> > upbringing of individuals within societies where the
> > monogamous-paternalistic family, private property and
> > the State permeate social relations?
>
>
> Or, if you want to take it further, there's Judith Butler's argument
> - rooted in that silly doctrine called psychoanalysis - that subjects
> are formed in subjection (through deference to authority figures,
> like parents, and their successors, like language and law), and that
> attitude of deference to authority persists through life, for fear of
> the disintegration of the subject.
>
> Doug