: Bernhard J. Schmidt
: Narcissism Asshole Disease and Rabies of Western Culture
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At least theoretically, narcissism can be viewed from three different perspectives, namely the 1st common individual perspective, 2nd social-psychological perspective, and the 3rd cultural-historical perspective, which is largely unfamiliar to us. But in order to fully understand narcissism, it is necessary to perceive all three perspectives in their interactions. The social-psychological perspective has already been discussed in detail in a previous book. In this book, the cultural-historical perspective will therefore first be introduced and the individual manifestations of narcissism will then be viewed from this perspective. It is the past two thousand years of our history that have not only created a central problem in our self-perception, but have also prevented the problem from being solved.

born 1962 in Dortmund, Germany studied philosophy, psychology and neurophysiology

INTRODUCTION


At least theoretically, narcissism can be viewed from three different perspectives, namely the

1. common individual,

2. social-psychological,

and the - largely foreign to us -

3. cultural-historical.

But in order to fully understand narcissism, it is necessary to perceive all three perspectives in their interactions.

The social-psychological perspective has already been discussed in detail in the book “Symbiotic Narcissism as a Group Phenomenon” by Dr. Ganz and me (Schmidt, B.; Ganz, A. 2017).

In this book, therefore, the cultural-historical perspective will first be introduced and then the individual manifestations of narcissism will be viewed from this perspective.

Because it is the past two thousand years of our history that have not only created a central problem in our self-perception, but have also prevented the problem from being solved so far.

It is the problem of the frame of meaning that has emerged from this development, of a we-less (Norbert Elias), cultureless and body-less I (Schmidt, B. 2020b), which is not only a problem, but at the same time has so far prevented a solution by means of a cultural-historical perspective.

It is the dogma that the ego develops from within itself, originally breathed into it by divine power.

That the ego, as soul or spirit, is independent of the body, independent of the social environment, and the historical development within a culture that shapes this social environment.

This is clearly illustrated by the concept of kindergarten, in which children grow up like flowers in a garden. Flowers need light and water to thrive, but not other flowers. And the children are given a beautiful environment, learning materials and suggestions for their development - but the importance of social interaction for development is largely overlooked.

Unlike flowers, however, children also need other children and adults. They need interaction with them in order to develop, to grow. Social interaction can only be learned ... through social interaction.

And children also need understandable (see the chapter on resources) group structures, which are increasingly being exchanged for open structures in kindergartens.

Culture is also perceived as a collection of achievements that people have made over the centuries, like money in an account or goods in a warehouse. The fact that culture is an active process that is not only infl