Problem
Fragmentation of the human personality
Other Names:
Dissociation of the human personalityUnintegrated individual personalities
Psychological fragmentation
Uncentred people
Inadequate personal integration
Fragmented selves
Fragmentation of individual needs
Nature:
Because of rapid economic and political innovations, changes in the nature of the family, and the decline of religion, the individual or essential self is suffering a breakdown, such that incidental or fragmented selves are being created, namely combinations of belief and emotional involvement, each of which could readily be abandoned for another. This process is exacerbated by the movement towards a mass capitalistic society in which individual selves have little input into the collective, in contrast to tribal societies where there is a more balanced ratio between communicator and receiver. This development is associated with alienation, powerlessness, meaninglessness, social isolation and self-estrangement. It is to be expected that people will increasingly search for experiences which validate personal existence by permitting the individual to feel fulfilled or at least alive. These experiences will tend to include a range of forms of violence, sexual behaviour, substance abuse, criminality and terrorism.
Broader Problems:
Anti-holismFragmentationSelf disordersUnadapted community structures Narrower Problems:
Personality disordersPsychological alienation Related Problems:
SchizophreniaUnwanted changes of personalitySelf-image unrelated to the external world Aggravates:
Uncoordinated expression of needs Strategies:
Centering peopleIntegrating human personality Subject(s):
Mankind → HumanSociety → People
Society → Individuals
Amenities → Living conditions
Societal Problems → Inadequacy
Psychology → Psychology
Principles → Values
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST