Political Will and Inner Experience
The ultimate strength and deep power of a society must be measured in terms of its psychosocial capital—i.e. by the and the . Societal strength is not measured by physical coercive powers.
At the core of that capability is both as an individual and as part of the wider social group. In describing the emergence of in society, the following features were noted:
- a spreading of certain ideas or events or phenomena,
- that are contagious and are heightened in groups,
- that make certain societal events significant.
It therefore seems reasonable to regard as entangled with a variety of experiential phenomena. This deserves more study.
Notions like groupthink and social pressure are part of a well established body of knowledge that describes how people lose some of their autonomy, distinctiveness and capacity for self-assertion in small groups.
Large crowds are even more terrifying. Crowds can quickly become mobs. Mobs engage in anti-social behaviour that its individual members would abhor. They become predatory and goading, and will attack people and property only symbolically connected to their focus of resentment. It seems that the anonymity leads to a loss of personal identity and responsibility.
THEE Architecture: Initial Thoughts
is at the heart of the Root Hierarchy, and so has a central importance for all endeavour.
emanates the Primary Hierarchy of () whose contents are too fundamental for consideration here.
The Primary Structural Hierarchy () is likely to be significant, in that preliminary inquiries suggest that it may be built around organizing awareness, enabling thinking. It provides structures that may be the basis for generating a self-concept and social roles.
The Principal Typology () has been well-studied and validated. It defines the 7 approaches to developing and identity (i.e. based on identification). Within this, is . While not everyone takes as a preferred mode of existence, everyone must engage with it at times and certainly when part of a social group undergoing a major experience.
is a type of identity growth that:
- needs participation,
- thrives on responsibility,
- is satisfied by intentional activities, &
- functions positively by involvement.
These provide the psychological infrastructure for the fundamentals of in general and in particular the phenomena of .
Continue to the importance of stability.
Originally posted: August-2009; Last updated: 15-Nov-2010
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