In today’s podcast, Michael and David continue to explore the psychological origins of Socialism and Progressivism. What brings about mass movements and political reformist ideology? Do the protesters really believe in the causes they champion, or are there other subtextual motives for their righteous histrionic behavior? What are the historical precedents for mass movements? Has politics replaced religion as a means for experiencing spiritual transcendence? What are entrainment, mass hysteria, mass psychogenic illness, emotional contagion, hypocondriasis, collective narcissism and moral panic? Has climate change any merit or is it a vehicle for Crowd Consciousness? What is Anal-Sadism and Anal-Regression? What is the Death-Instinct and how does it pertain to mass movements? This and much more…
Program References
Trauma in Psychopathology
Social Movements
Collective Consciousness
Collective Effervescence
Deep Social Mind
Collectivism
Group Mind
Homophilia
Conformity
Favoritism
Identification
Dancing Mania
Dancing Plague
Mass Hysteria
List of Mass Hysteria Cases
Mass Psychogenic Illness
Hysterical Contagion
Histrionic Disorder
Emotional Contagion
Moral Panic
Paranoia
Hypochondriasis
Factitious Disorder
Madness of Two
Ego Depletion
Derealization
Ego Depletion
Coping Mechanism
Re-enactment Syndrome 1
Re-enactment Syndrome 2
Repetition Compulsion
Defence Mechanism
Neurosis
Dissociation
Regression
Personality Typology
Personality Disorder
Split Personality
Hypomania
Bipolar Disorder
Anti-Social Disorder
Displacement
Compensation
Sublimation
Psychological Projection
Idealization/Devaluation
Pathological Lying
Love/Hate
Primary Narcissism
Constitutional Psychopathic Inferior
Authoritarian Type
Inferiority Complex
Polymorphous Perversity
Sadomasochism
Psychosexual Development
Oral Stage
Anal Stage
Stigmata
Autophobia
Fear of Isolation
Woozle Effect
Psychology of Self
Philosophy of Self
Self-Awareness
Self-Concept
Self Schema
Self-Esteem
Ego Ideal
Superego
False Self
Atavism/Regression
Brainwave Entrainment
Brain Fag
Additional Links
Gustave Le Bon
Anna Freud
Mircea Eliade
Edward Bernays
Max Stirner
Ayn Rand
Nathaniel Branden
Thomas Szasz
Karl Krauss
Eternal Return
Holon Theory
Noosphere
Suggested Reading
Light, Magic, Masonry
Works of Freud
Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego
The Psychopathology of Everyday Life
Beyond the Pleasure Principle
Civilization & its Discontents
Totem and Taboo
The Ego and its Defences
The Manufacture of Madness
Shamanism (Mircea Eliade)
Corruption of Reality
Mysticism: Truth or Falsity
The Psychotic Left
None Dare Call It Education
The Psychology of Socialism
Sex, Ecology, Spirituality
Victor Davis Hanson
Walden Two
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Exposing “The Secret”
Angels & Archetypes
Women & the Unconscious (Prt 4)
Dragon Fight
Mysticism: Truth or Falsity
Talking Heidegger
Great Women
Heroism, Genius, Creativity
Psychoanalysis & Trauma
World in Your Head/Unconscious
Malignant Narcissism/Shadow Work
Myth of Mental Illness (Szasz)
Understanding Self-Esteem
Sage vs. Psychopath 1
Sage vs. Psychopath 2
Myth of the Noble Savage
Conspiracy Against Freud
Artist as Outsider
Jung, Art, Alchemy
New Age Fraud 1
New Age Fraud 2
Hatred of Wisdom
Sigmund Freud
Adultism
The Hero
SchellingZone.com
DisciplesoftheMysterium.com
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