The Stranger inside of Us (Psychoanalytical Considerations) Cover Image

Az idegen önmagunkban. Pszichoanalitikus megfontolások
The Stranger inside of Us (Psychoanalytical Considerations)

Author(s): Rudolf Pfitzner
Subject(s): Psychology
Published by: Pannonhalmi Főapátság

Summary/Abstract: Using Marc 7,21-23 as a starting point, the article investigates the roots of evil from a psychological point of view. According to Jung and Freud, contents of the psyche that are not acceptable for the self become repressed into the subconscious and, as a result, they grow apart from us. Since these contents live as strangers inside of us, we tend to project them onto the others. On a sociological level, the most devastating consequences of this inner process are war, racial discrimination, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, and oppression of minorities.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Hungarian
Toggle Accessibility Mode