one of the most interesting parts of reading Laing is getting verification that things like struggling with meaning, not feeling like a "real" person, feeling like everything you do is an act, were also common mid 20th century, and is not some bullshit millenials made up
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have heard it claimed that this dates back to WWII
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"...but it is also important to consider the sociological development of what historian Phillip Cushman (1995) calls the “empty self” that arose in this country after World War II."
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Does anyone have a solid history of this? That feels super relevant.
Like, Vervaeke implies this slowly emerged over the last ~1000 years.
I think McGilchrist would say it's an effect of the industrialization->computer age pipeline.
It'd be big if humans ALWAYS felt like this.
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