Indiferença e humilhação: efeitos do narcisismo contemporâneo nas relações de desigualdade social

Abstract

Through theoretical research, the present work sought to analyze the subjective effects of the culture of narcissism in the relations of social inequality. From the Freudian concept of narcissism, it seeks to contribute with the expansion to comprehension of contemporary culture in dialogue with other knowledge areas. In particular, it focuses on the social humiliation while experience psychic suffering from failures at the relational and social field. From Joel Birman psychoanalytic thinking, the narcissism effects in contemporaneity are also discussed. The exacerbated emphasis on individuality and private relationships are manifested by indifference and denial of otherness. In addition, it is considered that the weakening of social ties in the narcissism culture occurs particularly intensely in the context of inequality and social hierarchies. In the hierarchy of social classes, economic power and access to consumer goods are references for the positioning of subjects, reiterating inequalities that foster invisibility, exclusion and humiliation, which is materialized in shared spaces. The discussion point out that social humiliation articulates with the economy of narcissism in two axes, in reference to the two subjective positions involved. On the one hand, the exaltation exacerbated of ' I ' generates the ground for the humiliation of the other one that is perceived as inferior, at the time that his devaluation strengthens narcissism by affirming and maintaining the superiority of oneself. Still, the narcissist investment of the humiliated subject is altered when he is struck by a blow that degrades him, representing a threat to his psychic integrity. The study seeks to contribute with contemporary psychoanalytic thinking as a theoretical device in the interface between psychoanalysis and society, with repercussions for clinical practice. Intends, furthermore, to collaborate with the comprehension of these situations through its visibility and denaturalization in the social field, in which are also posed the possibilities of solutions and transformation.