INTERCULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY PERSPECTIVES ON OUR CURRENT CULTURE IN AN INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS MODEL
INTERCULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY PERSPECTIVES ON OUR CURRENT CULTURE IN AN INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS MODEL

Summary/Abstract: In this article an internal-family-systems-informed view is proposed on the present development of western civilization, applying it to inter-cultural relationships on a broader level in order to render possible a proper unblending from our current culture, which can in time lead to the emergence of a self-culture, one that can encompass not a global perspective, but an empathetic one that takes into account and respects the specific needs behind the roles of previous and current cultures.It is the present paper’s proposal that firefighter cultures are imperialistic dominant civilizations, characterized by self-harm and a politics of fear and a continual trial-and-error to make life more beautiful because unnatural. In contrast, manager agricultural cultures are focused on daily living tasks and, given their greatest resemblance to self, there is now a regressive movement of interest taken to agricultural or rural communities, perceived as maintaining their connection to nature and naturalness.This presents the most needed occasion to integrate and recuperate the humanity in our current culture, whose anti-humanism and dysfunctionality can be sensed ever more acutely. In an effort to update the parts about the self, this paper aims to view our current potentially falling empire culture as a protecting firefighter of an ultimate extreme (given that it most probably includes socially assessed self-harm and suicidal tendencies beyond any other previous civilization), that could highly use this information regarding its positive intention and the potential healing of the most painful wounds that it tried to protect from.In finding out what the current cultural part wants the self to know about, we might discover the desperation in suffering or the darkness of the unknown, and thus our role as firefighters in mankind’s cultural struggle with legacy burdens such as fragility and unknowingness. Therefore, the present paper aims to propose a type of cultural psychological work that can redefine our ideal culture from one on endless profit and pleasure for everyone to one of continual awareness of unfolding systems models. We do not need to take our current culture to dissolution beyond hope if we acknowledge its firefighter tendencies to be honored in their attempt to protect.

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