Popularized psychology has replaced religious and institutional ritual in shaping human instinct
Evidence
Psychotherapy and psychological care, deliberate sex education and organized marriage guidance, birth control and child guidance clinics, group teaching and human relations, the entire apparatus of modern mental welfare technology or of
social engineering', are taking the place of the dwindling services of institutions and conventions in shaping the world of human instinct . . . This process may be described as the conventionalization of the mind through the popularization of psychology. To a far greater extent, and to a far greater depth, than a deliberate and organized attempt to achieve psychological influence could effect, the psychological interpretation and self-interpretation of modern man has taken over precisely the role of that force in the life of society which ritualizes and provides symbols, which distances and classifies, and which creates norms and standards. — <cite>Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2466</cite> (#corroborates`, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Psychology has replaced religion and ritual as society’s norm-creating force. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2466; Popular psychology functions mainly to displace blame from evil actors onto prior causes; Secular institutions replace religion as the main motivator of prosocial behavior.
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- Psychology has replaced religion and ritual as society’s norm-creating force.
#corroborates(0.92) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2466 - Secular institutions replace religion as the main motivator of prosocial behavior.
#corroborates(0.80) - Popular psychology functions mainly to displace blame from evil actors onto prior causes
#qualifies(0.75)