Enrique Carpintero: “Miley’s temptation with neo-fascists is not due to psychological problems”

“Miley may be crazy or cruel, but it is not a psychological problem,” said Enrique Carpintero, a psychoanalyst and director of the publishing house. Tobia. in Fontificia modeNet TV and Radio Perfil (AM 1190) explained that the “temptation of neo-fascism” does not arise from the mind of the individual, but from an economic, social and political context. He said: “This insatiable capitalism, based on financial capital, produces a culture of fear and every man for himself.” He stressed: “The main health problem is not heart disease or tumors, but rather social inequality.”

Enrique Carpintero is a psychologist, psychoanalyst, essayist and editor. He is the director of the magazine and publishing house Topía, which he founded. He was a professor at the National University of Rosario and often participated in conferences, seminars and talks on mental health and psychoanalysis. He has written numerous books and articles, including landmark works such as A History of Psychoanalysis in Argentina (in two volumes) and The Lure of Neo-Fascism, his most recent book, in which he analyzes the rise of neo-fascist models powered by financial capital, hatred and fear as social policies.

We’ve been reviewing his new book here The lure of neo-fascismHe explains that “Miley’s temptation is not a psychological problem.” At Editorial Perfil we have a magazine editor news Who wrote a book about Miley, with a curious title The crazy oneIt is a trait that Miley himself adopted as a positive trait for his personality when he chose Song for a crazy man at the Colón Theater as the main theme for the opening of its presidential session. There is always a debate about psychoanalysis applied to social psychoanalysis. You are the best specialist to explain the matter to us and the lure of neo-fascism, both. What is the problem with the lure of neo-fascism and what is the president’s psychological problem if it can be put in these terms?

I speak of the temptation of neo-fascism because this government today cannot be described as neo-fascist. First of all we have to define a little What do we mean when we talk about neo-fascism?. This is to distinguish it from classical fascism, which was typical in the 1930s, such as Mussolini and Hitler, which were essentially nationalist and state governments, including the development of industrial capital, which is completely different today from this fascism, or This new fascismwhich is held in A Neoliberalism is centered on the development of financial capital.

Neoliberalism even appeared there with Thatcher, Margaret Thatcher. Let us remember that Margaret Thatcher did not hesitate when she had to impose and suppress miners’ strikes, and even let three people die during their hunger strike.. And here, in latin americaNeoliberalism was installed under two dictatorships: mainly in Chile with Pinochet, and here in Argentina with Martinez de Hoz And the military government. This means that this neoliberalism, depending on the policies it pursues, generates the need for a potentially authoritarian government. And it actually undoes some of the laws or some of the democratic social benefits that we’ve been able to achieve all this time.

Now, this neo-fascism, you just heard it, the phrase you used in relation to when you’re talking about journalists, this level of hatred that it generates, this level of fear that it generates, is a way to support this policy. Now, it’s true, there’s a controversy, we can call it that, regarding the belief that Miley is crazy, which maybe, I don’t really know, but it’s possible that she might be crazy, that she might be cruel. but It is not a psychological problem In which we are included, but a An economic, social and political problem. What I’m saying is that capitalism, even when it emerged in the nineteenth century, is a very cruel capitalism. People had to work 12, 14, 16 hours; Boys work.

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That is, this is not the case The question is: What does this cruelty serve? This cruelty is in the service of the development of capital in the form of financial capital. Here is a text by Freud, written with Bullitt, who was ambassador at the time in Austria, about him Woodrow Wilson. Wilson was President of the United States. Freud wrote a biography of Wilson and there he used the phrase. Because one of the characteristics he said about Wilson was that he was paranoid and obsessive and so on. But that wasn’t the problem. He said: On the contrary. The story often needs these characters to be able to develop certain questions regarding their interests.. And that means I think that in that sense, we’re often investing in and doing what’s basically known as psychologyWhere it doesn’t make sense. because It’s the same as saying Hitler was cruel. Obviously Hitler was cruel or Mussolini. But the problem was not Hitler’s cruelty or Mussolini’s cruelty. I think there are other factors to take into consideration.

But also, on the other hand, this new fascism is built on what I call “General social shock”And it is not from now: it comes from a long time ago. That is, where there is a culture based, in a certain way, on “every man for himself”, a Culture built on what I call hyper-reality. What do I mean by “hyper-reality”? Excess of reality I’m talking about A A reality that does not allow to be processed symbolically within the psychological system. It is a reality in which this excess is not more reality, but less reality: it does not exist. It is this reality that produces painful effects. If one cannot psychologically handle some of the problems that arise, then traumatic events occur.

So, what this excess will actually lead to, to put it simply, is Psychological indigestion that produces painful effects. And then this excess of reality produces monsters. When I talk about “monster,” I am not talking about delusions as a psychotic might have, nor about delusions as they might appear in the traits of a psychotic patient, but rather they produce monsters in reality. It produces effects on concrete reality, it produces effects on specific issues related to depression, psychosomatic issues, and basically, a topic that is rarely talked about: The issue of suicide. Here, and in the world, we need to think about this. The United Nations, the United Nations, says this: Every 90 seconds someone commits suicide. On the other hand, here in Argentina there is a big problem with suicides and suicide attempts among young people and teenagers.

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This has to do with the “every man for himself” culture.With this culture, the possibility of relying on connections disappears. What is generated if we are with this government is fear. If I have a job, I’m afraid I’ll lose it. If I don’t have it, I’m afraid I won’t find it. I find myself afraid of others, I find myself experiencing fear that isolates me, and leads me into certain problems that are not good for my health. When I talk about health, I’m talking about health in general. The first health problem, health in general, is not heart problems, or tumor problems, which of course exist, but The main health problem is social inequality. This is the central theme.

Sometimes people die because they don’t have enough money to take the gel, or they don’t have enough money to get to the hospital. When they reach the hospital, they find themselves in catastrophic conditions that end in death. This appears in public health and mental health in particular. I think this is a very important topic. That is, how can this voracious capitalism, which appears even today in some countries such as Norway, Sweden and others, without idealizing it, but there is a kind of vulgarity regarding the possibility of finding collective solutions, which has disappeared here.

Well, like that catchphrase that was imposed with the series Eternal“No one can be saved alone.” This is the topic. And this is the central point about this government, which is how it has won certain sectors of the population what they call the cultural battle. This means that this government, in certain sectors of the population, has made people believe that they can save themselves.

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