Schizo-autistic Philosophy, Ponerology and the Deranged View of Humanity
An Episode of MindMatters as Prelude
My next post will focus on what Lobaczewski calls the “schizoidal worldview” and what Iain McGilchrist refers to as “schizo-autistic” philosophy (in The Matter with Things). In the meantime, today I will share an episode of my podcast, MindMatters, as background for that post, in which we discuss the subject:
Thanks Harrison - I love this discussion - Lobaczewski and McGilchrist are on the same page here and it's wonderfully rich to integrate both perspectives.
I wonder if you'd be able to get McGilchrist on your podcast? That would be a great show!
I have only started reading Lobaczewski but I’ve noticed that he discusses possible causes of paranoid or schizoid functioning in the individual. It seems to me that avoidance of emotion and empathy may arise when trauma causes pain and disconnection. Alternatively such avoidance might develop in someone sheltered by trigger warnings and safe spaces within a bubble of politically correct cultural deprivation. Schizoid or paranoid functioning may be trained by example and instruction in the home or other institution.
I am encouraged that he seems to present knowledge as a remedy for the human damage and diminishment he describes. I am interested in discovering the corrective, redemptive implications of political ponerology.