Ego psychology spread because individuals mirrored society’s objective trends.

Evidence

The spread of ego psychology, Adorno suggested in a later essay, was a reflex of society in which individuals mirror objective trends like automatons; Adorno, “Sociology and Psychology,” pt. 2, New Left Review, 47 (January-February, 1968), P. 95. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 1551

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the Frankfurt critique of Freudian revisionism and the concern that ego psychology naturalized conformity; connects to later critiques by Russell Jacoby on ‘social amnesia.’ — connects to: Social pressure converts a people into a set of shared psychological traits — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 219; Other people as alter egos multiply world complexity and demand reduction mechanisms — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 103; The reflexive impulse to mirror others is part of our collective affliction — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror…, 714 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Psychoanalysis gained popularity as a response to intensified state and social coercion on individuals. #corroborates (0.92) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1041
• The individual’s inner mental relations mirror social relations among persons #expands (0.88) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 354
• Other people as alter egos multiply world complexity and demand reduction mechanisms #expands (0.82) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 103
• Social pressure converts a people into a set of shared psychological traits #expands (0.78) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 219
• The reflexive impulse to mirror others is part of our collective affliction #expands (0.75) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 714
• Expanded social circles throw the individual back upon himself #expands (0.72) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 699