Perversity in the Performative

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Weisband
Keyword(s):  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Central Focus ◽  
Explanatory Relevance ◽  
Mass Atrocity ◽  
Ebb And Flow

To study the staged performative transgressions of victims, sadistic cruelty borne by the desire on the part of perpetrators to witness the collective dying of victims, requires analytical orientations beyond those focused exclusively on motivations cast in rational or rationalizing, cognitive or purposive strategic terms. Performativity as a theoretical perspective establishes the explanatory relevance of the unconscious in appraising the dynamics of desire, shame, and sadistic cruelty among perpetrators. Various psychosocial perspectives may be adopted in this regard. Sadistic behaviors are not only cruel; they demand that the cruelty be displayed in the name of the laws of prohibition. Perpetrator behaviors in mass atrocity demonstrate the psychic elements of emotionality and fantasy, paranoia and obsession. Group dynamics in the macabresque ebb and flow in the subterranean tides of anxiety and psychic desire made manifest by reifications and sadistic hate, a central focus of study in the analysis of perpetrator performativity.

scholarly journals Baśń w biblioterapii integralnej

2020 ◽  
pp. 161-172
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Miernik
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Effect ◽  
Depth Psychology ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Rational Side ◽  
Stimulation Of

This text’s main objective is to introduce the assumptions of the Jungian depth psychology to the bibliotherapeutic process. Bibliotherapy as an interdisciplinary method using psychology and literary studies enriched with the theory of integral psychology formulates a new theoretical perspective and constitutes a proposition of holistic view of bibliotherapy. The extension of the theoretical basis of bibliotherapy will help to augment the therapeutic effect, activate the unconscious (the sphere neglected in school education), and strengthen psyche. Integral bibliotherapy shall create conditions to expand the dialogue between the rational side and unconscious one, and it will contribute to a positive stimulation of the integration processes. Providing archetypal patterns reflecting the rules of life in culture, and drawing attention to the regulatory role of literary works, will enrich both the intellectual and spiritual side of the development of the participant of the bibliotherapeutic process. Archetypal content present in literary texts studied by the participant according to the bibliotherapeutic procedure will achieve an integral orientation focused on the humanistic dimension of existence.

The Pygmalion concept in group analysis: the conductor’s anti-group and the search for the group as a container

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-50
Author(s):  
Maria Papanastassiou
Keyword(s):  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Group Contributions ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Group Matrix ◽  
Group Member ◽  
Group Experience

The conductor’s identity as a group member, allied with the potential for the unconscious co-creation of anti-group forces is the centre-stage for the debate I herewith present. This is inextricable from, and central to, the complex inter-subjective group matrix. The conductor’s counter-transference as an inter-subjective group experience, lends powerful insights into feelings of hate in the group, and its resultant anti-group dynamics. How hate may be understood as a shared, co-created experience is examined. The conductor’s potential for narcissistic over-identification with the group and possible lack of containment, is explored, including the potential for anti-group contributions. The myth of Pygmalion illustrates the frustration encountered when the container fails to meet one’s needs. Suggestions are offered regarding the importance for conductors to work through potential contributions of anti-group forces and their own hate of the group.1

scholarly journals Jokes, the unconscious and social subjectivity: from the “latent narratives” to the groupal bond

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Marc Barbeta ◽  
María Jesús Izquierdo Benito
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Discussion Group ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Research Material ◽  
The One ◽  
Methodological Reflection

The purpose of this paper is to propose a psychosociological approach to the configuration of human bonds, on the one hand, and a methodological reflection on the analysis, on the other. The bonds are analyzed in their less explicit side, in order to reveal those emotional and representational elements which tend to express themselves an unclear and obscure way. The empirical research material has been a set of jokes told in different focus groups, with participants located in similar social positions. We analysed the associative chains developed in group dynamics, presenting methodological schemes for each particular analysis. The “latent accounts” arising from the analysis of each discussion group exhibit significant differences which are expressive of link models specific to each social context. Additionally, the phenomenon of the joke is confirmed as a valuable tool for social research.

Community Unconscious on the Internet

2002 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haim Weinberg
Keyword(s):  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Large Group ◽  
Psychological Mechanisms ◽  
Discussion List ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
The Common

This article examines the group dynamics in a discussion list on the Internet, focusing on the special psychological mechanisms that appear. A discussion list is seen to resemble a large group, and the processes characteristic of the large group are relevant to its study. The transference of the list members towards the moderator and the list as a whole is examined together with the countertransference of the moderator. Some of the dynamics that appear on the list deviate from those that usually appear in a large group. Exploring the unconscious of a discussion list on the Internet helps in under-standing the common hidden norms and values of organizations and communities, especially those of the community of mental health professionals.

Conceptualizing Groups in un Multilateralism: The Diplomatic Practice of Group Politics

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 113-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie Verlin Laatikainen
Keyword(s):  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
International Negotiation ◽  
Single Issue ◽  
Regional Organizations ◽  
Individual Agency ◽  
Group Politics ◽  
Political Groups ◽  
Level Of Analysis

Political groups permeate the diplomatic process across the United Nations (un) system, from conference diplomacy to annual sessions of the deliberative bodies, yet they remain poorly understood and under-appreciated. This article approaches groups from a conceptual and theoretical perspective, providing a typology to differentiate clearly the various groups that are active in un processes, from electoral groups to regional organizations and single-issue coalitions. The article also examines how theories of multilateralism, global governance and international negotiation largely exclude group and inter-group dynamics. Theories of global governance and multilateralism operate at the systemic level of analysis, while theories of negotiation and coalitions reflect assumptions of individual agency; both levels of analysis obscure the operation of political groups and group politics in un multilateralism. The emerging theories of diplomatic practice provide a meso-level approach that reveals the pervasive practice of group politics and politicized diplomacy in un multilateralism.

Perpetrators Alone and Together

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Weisband
Keyword(s):  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Social Constructionism ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Collective Violence ◽  
Critical Survey ◽  
Absolute Power ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Mass Atrocity ◽  
Emotional Psychology

This chapter studies the etiologies of genocide and mass atrocity and argues that self-exhibitionism provides a theoretical basis for interpreting the macabresque as a discrete phenomenon in mass atrocity violence. It also engages social constructionism in group dynamics through the concept of prototypicality. The chapter provides a critique of methodological simulation in social and political psychology, specifically, findings that emphasize obeisance, obedience, and obsequiousness found in the works of Milgram, Zimbardo, and others. It also provides a critical survey of a wide range of theoretical perspectives on collective violence, mass atrocity, and war to demonstrate their methodological inadequacies and analytical frailties in the absence of a sustained focus on emotional psychology and the psychodynamics of desire. The analysis introduces the concept of akrasia and akratic willfulness in order to outline a theory of absolute power.

scholarly journals Nursing Profession, Caring and Discipline

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-61
Author(s):  
Wiwin MARTININGSIH ◽  
Sri Winarni ◽  
Angelito Estoesta Alvarado
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Concept Analysis ◽  
Nursing Profession ◽  
Nurse Care ◽  
Central Focus ◽  
Emerging Themes ◽  
The Right

Nursing indeed is the art of caring and selfless giving of time, effort, love, and care. The patient is the center of nursing, and it is their responsibility to make sure they are receiving the right care that they can receive. There are so many ways to show caring that the possibilities never end. The purpose of this study was to generate knowledge which informed caring in nursing as a discipline within applying attributes of caring. Mayeroff and Roach’s attributes guided the concept analysis within the theoretical perspective of caring. The emerging themes are: Caring as the central focus of Nursing, Caring as a Profession and Discipline, Our perspective of caring, Our idea of a caring nurse, and How does Nurse care for others. Caring is everything and nurse should applying attributes of caring in the fields of nursing. Caring is not only able to care for the client, but also how the client is satisfied and the nurse always continues to improve knowledge and be innovative and creative. Keywords: nursing profession; caring; discipline

scholarly journals The concept of social domination in axel Honneth’s critical theory

Sociologija ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-24
Author(s):  
Marjan Ivkovic
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Recent Attempt ◽  
Theoretic Approach ◽  
Early Article ◽  
Theoretical System ◽  
Social Domination ◽  
Influential Theory

This paper attempts to reconstruct the concept of social domination articulated in the early works of Axel Honneth, a key figure of the ?third generation? of critical theory. The author argues that one of the key ambitions of the early Honneth, expressed through his critique of Jurgen Habermas, was to theorize the process of societal reproduction in contemporary capitalism in ?action-theoretic? terms, i.e. as determined by the inter-group dynamics of social conflict and domination, as opposed to Habermas? systems-theoretic approach. The author analyzes Honneth?s criticism of Habermas developed in ?The Critique of Power?, and focuses more narrowly on Honneth?s conceptualization of social domination outlined in the early article ?Moral Conscioussness and Class Domination?. The analysis grounds the author?s subsequent reconstruction of the early Honneth?s conception of social domination as a two-dimensional phenomenon that encompasses an ?intentional? and a ?structural? dimension. Turning towards Honneth?s mature perspective, the author argues that a critique of social domination no longer occupies a central place in Honneth?s influential theory of recognition. Finally, the author considers Honneth?s only recent attempt at theorizing domination presented in the article ?Recognition as Ideology?, and argues that Honneth has so far missed the opportunity to integrate the early social-theoretical perspective on domination into his mature theoretical system.

The role of nursing in the rehabilitation of acute stroke patients: Toward a unified theoretical perspective

Pflege ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-27
Author(s):  
Marit Kirkevold
Keyword(s):  
Acute Stroke ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Role Of Nursing ◽  
Rolle Der Pflegenden

Eine Übersicht der bestehenden Literatur weist auf Unsicherheiten bezüglich der spezifischen Rolle der Pflegenden in der Rehabilitation von Hirnschlagpatientinnen und -patienten hin. Es existieren zwei unterschiedliche Begrifflichkeiten für die Rolle der Pflegenden, keine davon bezieht sich auf spezifische Rehabilitationsziele oder Patientenergebnisse. Ein anfänglicher theoretischer Beitrag der Rolle der Pflege in der Genesung vom Hirnschlag wird als Struktur unterbreitet, um die therapeutischen Aspekte der Pflege im Koordinieren, Erhalten und Üben zu vereinen. Bestehende Literatur untermauert diesen Beitrag. Weitere Forschung ist jedoch notwendig, um den spezifischen Inhalt und Fokus der Pflege in der Genesung bei Hirnschlag zu entwickeln.

Behavior in the Brain

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin M. Monti ◽  
Adrian M. Owen
Keyword(s):  
Motor Behavior ◽  
Functional Neuroimaging ◽  
Brain Activity ◽  
Motor Output ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Brain Responses ◽  
Minimally Conscious ◽  
Brain Insults ◽  
Brain Behavior

Recent evidence has suggested that functional neuroimaging may play a crucial role in assessing residual cognition and awareness in brain injury survivors. In particular, brain insults that compromise the patient’s ability to produce motor output may render standard clinical testing ineffective. Indeed, if patients were aware but unable to signal so via motor behavior, they would be impossible to distinguish, at the bedside, from vegetative patients. Considering the alarming rate with which minimally conscious patients are misdiagnosed as vegetative, and the severe medical, legal, and ethical implications of such decisions, novel tools are urgently required to complement current clinical-assessment protocols. Functional neuroimaging may be particularly suited to this aim by providing a window on brain function without requiring patients to produce any motor output. Specifically, the possibility of detecting signs of willful behavior by directly observing brain activity (i.e., “brain behavior”), rather than motoric output, allows this approach to reach beyond what is observable at the bedside with standard clinical assessments. In addition, several neuroimaging studies have already highlighted neuroimaging protocols that can distinguish automatic brain responses from willful brain activity, making it possible to employ willful brain activations as an index of awareness. Certainly, neuroimaging in patient populations faces some theoretical and experimental difficulties, but willful, task-dependent, brain activation may be the only way to discriminate the conscious, but immobile, patient from the unconscious one.

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