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Beyond Sacred Cows and Scapegoats: Displacement, Ideology and the Future of Democracy

– by Brian D'Agostino, PhD, International Psychohistorical Association

Wednesday, May 30th, 9:00 am - 9:50 am

Abstract:

In this presentation, the author will examine ideology as a link between large scale historical processes—including revolution and the evolution of capitalism—and psychodynamics. Illustrating these relationships using case material from the United States and Europe since 1500, the paper examines the role of ideology in legitimizing and delegitimizing institutional arrangements, and the psychological roots of ideology in displacement, early childhood trauma, and punitive parenting.  I conclude with the institutional and psychological conditions for democratization in the 21st century.

Learning Points:

At the end of this educational activity, its participants will be able to:

1) discuss how ideologies function publicly to legitimize institutional arrangements and the power of political and corporate leaders;

2) analyze idealization of military power and big corporations as displacement of feelings of idealization towards punitive parents;

3) analyze hostility towards political scapegoats as displacement of childhood rage originating in corporal punishment and verbal abuse.

References:

Allcorn, Seth and Howard Stein (2015). The Dysfunctional Workplace: Theory, Stories, and Practice. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press.

D’Agostino, Brian (2018). "Militarism, Machismo, and the Regulation of Self-Image," The Journal of Psychohistory 45 (3) 2018.

Erikson, Erik H. (1993). Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History. New York: W. W. Norton & Company

Kind, Margaret (2014). “Teaching Parenting in Schools,” Psychohistory News 33, 3

Lasswell, Harold D. (2016). Psychopathology and Politics. Eastford, CT: Martino Fine Books.

Lindner, Evelin (2017). Honor, Humiliation, and Terror: An Explosive Mix - And How We Can Defuse It with Dignity. Dignity Press.  Lake Oswego, Oregon (US): Dignity Press.

Milburn, Michael A. and Sheree D. Conrad (2016). Raised to Rage: The Politics of Anger and the Roots of Authoritarianism. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Milburn, Michael A., Sheree D. Conrad, Fabio Sala and Sheryl Carberry (1995). “Childhood Punishment, Denial, and Political Attitudes,” Political Psychology 16, 3

Piketty, Thomas (2014). Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Zinn, Howard (2015). A People's History of the United States. New York: Harper Perennial.

Bio of the Presenter:

Brian D’Agostino, PhD is a social scientist, educational consultant, and President of the International Psychohistorical Association.  He is the author of peer reviewed research in political psychology, other publications in peer-reviewed and popular journals, and of The Middle Class Fights Back: How Progressive Movements Can Restore Democracy in America (Praeger, 2012). Dr. D’Agostino writes and presents on issues that deal with intersection of psychology, political science, education, and human behavior.

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