Introjection has hardened into mimesis as the private inner space dissolves
Evidence
Today this private space has been invaded and whittled down by technological reality. Mass production and mass distribution claim the entire individual, and industrial psychology has long since ceased to be confined to the factory. The manifold processes of introjection seem to be ossified in almost mechanical reactions. The result is, not adjustment but mimesis: an immediate identification of the individual with his society and, through it, with the society as a whole. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 128
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
- DEFINE: The pivotal move from ‘introjection’ to ‘mimesis’ — mechanical identification replaces internalization, abolishing the inner dimension.
- XREF: Powerful bridge to attention/consumption: the dissolving ‘inner space’ maps onto modern debates about the colonized attention and algorithmic mirroring.