In a message dated 98-01-10 09:47:16 EST, amdelange@gold.up.ac.za writes:
> Another form of avoiding learning, is persistent denigration. It has to
> do
> with the essentiality "quality-variety". Persistent denigration is very
> obvious in avoiding for example racial learning (better known as racism)
> or religious learning.
This was also described by Alfred Adler, MD, a pioneer depth
psychologist who was trained in psychiatry. He created the concept of the
"depreciation tendency" which described the tendency of all humans to
attempt to overcome universal human feelings of inferiority by
depreciating others as a compensation. (Unsuccessfully, I might add, which
explains why it continues to produce the dissatisfaction which fuels it's
continuation beyond what appears reasonable.) Of course, the deeper one's
inferiority feelings results in the increase of the depreciation tendency
toward others. Those with normal or low levels of the inferiority feeling
have little desire to depreciate others. Of course, in this case, one
must be cautious to not denegrate those with elevated levels of the
depreciation tendency for fear that one's own depreciation tendency may be
revealed. The only useful response seems to be that education and
learning.
We are simultaneoulsly the artist and the masterpiece of our lives.
(<-- idea borrowed from Adler)
Warm regards, David
David L. Hanson, Ph.D.
Consulting Psychologist
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