Episode 139: Killing the Shadow Self (The Making of One-Dimensional Man)

Podcast

Michael and David discuss Michael’s article “Say No to Psychology.” Why did psychoanalysis arise? Was it for the good? What are the main criticisms of civilization? Is civilization bound to decay? What are the signs of such an outcome? Are political solutions truly viable? What is self-deception? Why have we a conscious and unconscious self? What is the Shadow archetype? Have Jungians and others properly described it? Are there positive aspects to the Shadow? How does the Shadow manifest in our lives? This and more…

Program References
Say No to Psychology (Article)
Dragon Fight (Article)
Dragon Mother (Book)
Adultism (Book)

Additional Links
Psychological Types
Jungian Archetypes
Tabula Rasa
Julian Jaynes
Immanuel Velikovsky
Alfred Adler
Erich Fromm
Otto Rank
Thomas Szasz
R. D. Laing
Karl Kraus
Georg Groddeck
Boris Sidis
Arthur Janov
Alexander Lowen
Ludwig Binswanger
Pierre Janet
Anna Freud
Melanie Klein
Alice Miller
Karen Horney
Nathaniel Branden
UN Meditation Room
Nicholas Roerich
Why Freud Hated America
The Rise of Mental Illness in America
The Mental Illness Fraud Explained
Psychiatry’s Reign of Terror (Vids)