Please read Part 1 and 2 of the series first:
Now…Let’s address another fundamental contradiction:
Agency vs. the Unconscious.
I would like to share my favorite quote with you. This quote is by Michel Foucault and it makes exactly the same claim as this essay:
People know what they do. Sometimes they even know why they do what they do, but almost never do people know what what they do does. (paraphrased)
In this essay I would like to address the contradiction that neoliberal societies claim to promote agency through the mixture of individualism and democracy, while also expecting a certain degree of conformity and functionality to a predetermined and “pushed as ethical” system.
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