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.
Thanks for sharing! I thought the point on Machiavelli being deliberately maligned was particularly interesting. After reading the title I immediately thought of Adam Curtis' "The Trap" which I watched over a decade ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trap_(British_TV_series) It does a good job of covering John Nash's work and indicating that it might be somewhat limited in its application for the reasons you describe here (all left hemisphere).
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.
Thanks for sharing! I thought the point on Machiavelli being deliberately maligned was particularly interesting. After reading the title I immediately thought of Adam Curtis' "The Trap" which I watched over a decade ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trap_(British_TV_series) It does a good job of covering John Nash's work and indicating that it might be somewhat limited in its application for the reasons you describe here (all left hemisphere).