Problem
Counter-dependency
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Militant individualismRepression of self-consciousness
Repression of elements of the personality
Retreat into ignorance
Nature:
There is a current tendency for people to attempt to maintain their individual stability, order and peace, by retreating into a private universe and avoid all encounters which would wake them up. They attempt to control personally their intellectual contexts and social structures, preferring to be bound by habits and institutions, reduced images of security and well being. Social controls are used to deny the things which they would prefer not to know. Only life styles which seem to be successful in this attempt to remain asleep are pointed to as significant ways to participate in society: the modern experience of the struggle to be significant in society is often called the rat race. The result is a feeling that social structures are crumbling, roles are becoming meaningless and impotent, and participation in decision-making processes are ineffective.
Broader Problems:
Breakdown in community security systems Narrower Problems:
Evasion of issuesSexual repressionDeliberate ignoranceStatic and unrelated social rolesSearch for individualistic meaningOveremphasis on institutional securityLimiting of responsibility to the personalIsolation of individual decision-making from contextDefensive life stance Related Problems:
Forced deprogramming Aggravates:
GuiltConsumerismSituationismSubsistence life styleInappropriate attitudeSocial disguise of ambiguityQuantitative understanding of responsibilityOveremphasis on self-sufficiency with respect to interdependence Strategies:
Initiating self awarenessPromoting individualismRepressing self-consciousnessRetreating into ignoranceBehaving individualisticallyFreeing up repressed personality Subject(s):
Consciousness → Consciousness Defence → Military
Education → Educational level
Individuation → Individuation
Psychology → Psychology
Religious Practice → Religion
Societal Problems → Dependence
Societal Problems → Maltreatment
Value Redistribution → Cooperative
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
08.03.2022 – 17:06 CET