There is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads (part 1 of 6)

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In the 1960s, a radical group of psychotherapists challenged the influence of Freudian ideas in America. They were inspired by the ideas of Wilhelm Reich, a pupil of Freud's, who had turned against him and was hated by the Freud family. He believed that the inner self did not need to be repressed and controlled. It should be encouraged to express itself.

Out of this came a political movement that sought to create new beings free of the psychological conformity that had been implanted in people's minds by business and politics.

This programme shows how this rapidly developed in America through self-help movements like Werber Erhard's Erhard Seminar Training - into the irresistible rise of the expressive self: the Me Generation.

But the American corporations soon realised that this new self was not a threat but their greatest opportunity. It was in their interest to encourage people to feel they were unique individuals and then sell them ways to express that individuality. To do this they turned to techniques developed by Freudian psychoanalysts to read the inner desires of the new self.

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[TheSeeker36]

I've noticed in all adam curtis documentaries(including his latest one about computers and holism)that there is a very similar message that is essentially a form of postmodern nilism. It is this: There is no human being, there are only blind social and political forces that shape and control humanity. individuals do not exist. you are either a thing shaped by society to think it's an individual or you're a mindless conformist. yet to me, a true "individual" knows himself to be a part of society

[TheSeeker36]

I've enjoyed this series on the whole, but this episode irritated the fuck out of me. It portrayed the human portential movement at it's crass and narcissistic worst. More rational approaches the self actualisation such as those of carl rogers were convieniently ignored. Also, in my opinion, no true "self actualiser"sees him or herself as an isolated entity, divorced from human relationships or wider society and culture. But my biggest criticismi'll savefor my next post...

[FAKEPAIN]

@translationwiz its our environment's influence from the foetus on, that creates our psychological stability and drives.. we should work on creating a healthier environment which supports human existance, growth and self discovery, through creative activities, so that we may create an inner life that is able to connect to the world in love and harmony

[translationwiz]

It's obvious right? That the solution lie in the middle. Extremes are not good in any area of life. BUT.........some ppl. DO have bigger appetites than others. I aint talking about the sex addicts. I mean a natural presence of capacity and desire for it. maybe by hormones..........by ego size. It does exist. We "aint" all the same in this area.

peace.

[MrMinutemen]

didnt hannah freud killed herself?  family of psychopaths

[MrMinutemen]

beware i think all wilhelm reich foundations might be hijacked..  CIA cant kill W.REICH twices..

[EnergyOM]

excellent upload

[neogeo3200]

this is exaclty what ive always thought