Psychoanalysis is undone by the external super-ego it identified

Evidence

The two approaches to scapegoating Allport described, though overlapping, stem from different psychological approaches, one rooted in Freudian theory (the psychodynamic view) and the other in later drive-reduction models (the frustration–aggression view). Freud believed that frustration and guilt are the inevitable consequences of society’s (necessary) restrictions of individuals’ instinctual drives, most prominently for sex and aggression, which are collectively labeled as the id. To avoid social chaos, people must be socialized (predominantly by their parents) to restrict their natural impulses and to redirect them in socially approved ways. These parental and societal strictures become internalized, creating the superego, the individual’s conscience, which strives to enforce good behavior. Thus an overly punitive upbringing guarantees continuing conflicts between a highly restrictive superego and the instinctual drives of the id. The superego (with limited success) attempts to repress even simple awareness of the id’s unacceptable impulses, resulting in frustration, guilt, and aggressive feelings that need to be vented, setting the stage for scapegoating. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1562 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Psychoanalysis now deepens the self-alienation it once diagnosed — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia: Reflections from…, 78; Psychoanalytic transference already rehearses the reflex conformity it claims to cure — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia: Reflections from…, 75; Psychoanalysis posits drives and prohibitions as disconnected givens, splitting human unity (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Psychoanalysis reduces the social to the psychological by axiom #expands (0.75)
• Freud traced scapegoating to conflict between a punitive superego and repressed id impulses #contradicts (0.75) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1562
• Psychoanalysis posits drives and prohibitions as disconnected givens, splitting human unity #expands (0.72)
• Psychoanalysis marginalized Fanon for violating its boundary between inner psyche and social reality #complicates (0.70)
• Psychoanalysis ignored Fanon for violating its boundary between internal and external reality #complicates (0.70) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1354