he talked to it and told it things about the world that were true in his experience and he told it things he thought could be true to see how they would sound if they were said.


“it is also important to consider the sociological development of what the historian Philip Cushman calls the “empty selfâ€� that arose in this country after World War II. For Cushman, American individualism lost its soul at that point to the huge pressures of industrial capitalism. Whereas before the war our individualism was tempered by a strong ethic of community service, afterward that changed.4 The American Dream of ever-upward mobility, fueled by memories of the Great Depression and by increasingly pervasive national advertising, infused that war generation with a more selfish individualism. Their baby-boomer children inherited that perspective and, in addition, experienced less of the extended family and community-focused upbringing that their parents enjoyed. Many of us have lost our connection to connection.”
― You Are the One You've Been Waiting For: Applying Internal Family Systems to Intimate Relationships
― You Are the One You've Been Waiting For: Applying Internal Family Systems to Intimate Relationships
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