Willed self-correction can be carried out in bad faith, working and refusing simultaneously

Evidence

But this is the nub of the matter: that the surrogate should be applied seriously, that the self-criticism should be operative and “pitiless”—since its effectiveness lies precisely in its being pitiless. In reality it has turned out that self-criticism offers an opportunity for fine speeches and pointless declarations, and for nothing else; self-criticism has been “parliamentarised”. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 951 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Bad faith requires a conscious effort that simultaneously recognizes and denies an experience. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 289; Self-criticism becomes performative ritual rather than operative change — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 951

Broader Connections

• Self-criticism becomes performative ritual rather than operative change #expands (0.80) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 951