Niemoc i wszechmoc narcyzmu. Kilka refleksji na temat anaklastyki

• Authors: Marek Pacukiewicz

Title variants

EN

Frailty and omnipotence of narcissism. A few reflections on anaclastics

Abstracts

EN

In modern humanities Narcissus, or a narcissist, has become an all-encompassing term that is to warn us against the idle knowledge of oneself and isolation of the individual. Derived from psychology, sociology and poststructuralism, this diagnosis has provided the basis for a common criticism of the Similar and repetition of the Same, while paradoxically favouring the articulation of the source of endless chains of mimetic reflections and behavioural patterns: the original and unique Narcissus elevated to the status of an individual perfectly abstracted from the cultural context. Doesn’t therefore the myth of Narcissus warn against itself? Isn’t the self-reflective antinarcissism of modern humanities becoming what it seeks to criticise? This discourse may undermine the importance of deep mechanisms of culture whose message and preservation rely primarily on repetition and regularity. The article offers an overview of selected proposals that criticise various types of cultural narcissism. It outlines the structure of this phenomenon, taking into account the research proposals of Claude Lévi-Strauss. Analysing narcissism as a modern form of mediation between the subject and the world, the authors try to determine what tools a contemporary narcissist uses to see his or her reflection, what dangerous ontological boundaries are crossed in the process, and consequently, which reflection eventually becomes a reality that he or she presents to others. While the ‘culture of narcissism’ – in psychosocial terms – places the individual at the centre, cultural narcissism seems to consider a community as a reservoir of codes and therefore the primary content.

Keywords

PL

narcyzm; mit; anaklastyka; antropologia strukturalna; lustro

EN

narcissism; myth; anaclastics; structural anthropology; mirror

• Publisher: Narodowe Centrum Kultury
• Journal: Kultura Współczesna. Teoria. Interpretacje. Praktyka
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 108
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 70-81

Contributors

author

Marek Pacukiewicz

• https://orcid.org/0000000294201107

Identifiers

DOI

10.26112/kw.2020.108.06

Biblioteka Nauki

1856989