Depression is a despecialization that ruptures the social bond

Evidence

In the case of a systemic illness giving rise to depression, despecialization manifests itself as disaffiliation, a rupture in the social bond, placing the individual outside the network. Malabou rightly draws a parallel between illnesses of social connection, such as depression, and neurodegenerative illnesses, such as Alzheimer’s dementia. — Catherine Malabou, What Should We Do with Our Brain?, 20

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the graft/root theme — depression as a severed graft, a cut social connection, versus dementia as irreversible despecialization. — connects to: The voluntary-unemployment premise reduces the Depression to an unpaid vacation for millions — Mark Blyth, Austerity: The History of a Dangerous…, 428; Self-blame converts revolutionary anger into individualized depression — Byung-Chul Han, Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New…, 27; Depression as identity crisis began with the bourgeoisie. — Alain Ehrenberg, The Weariness of the Self: Diagnosing…, 262 (+6 more)