Social change is explained by overdetermination drawn from Freud

Evidence

At any rate, here is one of the cases where the individual, within his own consciousness, repeats the relationships which exist between him, as a total personality, and the group. It is an old observation that the conceptions of the single individual, with all their relations of association and dissociation, differentiation, and unification, behave in the same way in which individuals behave in regard to one another. It is merely a peculiar case of this correspondence that those intrapsychological relations are repeated, not only between individuals in general, but also between the individual and his group. All that society asks of its members—adaptation and loyalty, altruism and work, self-discipline and truthfulness—the individual also asks of himself. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 354 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Marxism reads social formations as overdetermined unities with relatively autonomous levels; The phobic object is overdetermined and has previously evoked an affect; Neurotic structure erupts from environment and the individual’s personal reactions combined. (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• The individual’s inner mental relations mirror social relations among persons #expands (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 354
• The phobic object is overdetermined and has previously evoked an affect #exemplifies (0.60)
• Marxism reads social formations as overdetermined unities with relatively autonomous levels #complicates (0.55)
• This is Tushnet’s move in the debate about the counter-majoritarian objection to judicial review. I have given an argument that shows that what we thought were issues crucial to legitimacy were… #responds-to (0.55)
• Neurotic structure erupts from environment and the individual’s personal reactions combined. #exemplifies (0.50)