Analytical social psychology treats libido structures as both products and producers of social conditions.
Evidence
Psychoanalysis will assist sociology significantly here, since the coherence and stability of a society is not merely formed and guaranteed by mechanical or rational factors (compulsion by the authority of the state, shared self-interest, etc.) but also by a series of libido relations within society, and in particular between members of the various different classes (cf. the infantile ties which link the petty bourgeoisie with the ruling class, and the intellectual intimidation resulting from this). — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 232 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Social stability is maintained by libidinal ties between classes, not just coercion — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 232; Social cohesion rests partly on libidinal ties between classes; Human subjectivity itself is constituted by the social process of production. — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia: Reflections from…, 254 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Social stability is maintained by libidinal ties between classes, not just coercion
#corroborates(0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 232 - Social cohesion rests partly on libidinal ties between classes
#corroborates(0.85) - Shared social identity both causes group behaviour and is caused by it.
#expands(0.85) - Human subjectivity itself is constituted by the social process of production.
#corroborates(0.80) — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia, 254 - Social change outpacing libidinal adjustment creates explosive political conditions
#expands(0.80) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 331