Narcissistic Parenthood and the Communal Education in the Kibbutz - Noga Levin-Keini

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* 11 Classical psychoanalysis played a central and decisive role in establishing the foundations of communal education in the kibbutz movement . This certainly was so, at the inception of this approach . Shmuel Golan, an architect of communal education, acquired his training in psychoanalysis in Berlin . He infused his own enthusiasm for Freud’s ideas into educators of communal education by means of seminars, day conferences and training courses . Psychoanalysis, according to Golan, is in total harmony with the principles of the movement . Among other things, he claimed that the new kibbutz society, was based on the annulment of private property . It functioned on unique social, economic and educational models, completely different from those found in capitalistic society . The kibbutz aspires to take responsibility for its members and aspires to provide them with the necessary welfare alongside the advancement of the values of justice, equality, human rights, respect, social equality and free access to culture . He proposed that communal education aspires to create different and new social relations, by annulment of the patriarchal family, the consort of capitalism, that wishes to make neurosis the guarantor of the existence of class differences and the exploitation of the proletariat, which the capitalistic economic system is based upon . Narcissus and Narcissism A healthy narcissist is a person who cares about himself and develops a positive, loving relationship with himself . As such, he is able to see the positive and estimable in others . The libidinal investment of a person in himself is learned and internalized already in infanthood . Emotionally, it matures into a separation of feelings, to the extent of experiencing the "me" and the "other" residing side by side in a state of coexistence . When this process is disrupted, the person finds himself locked in the need to be nourished and contained by others, a phenomenon that is evident especially between spouses or between parents and children . The need is manifested in a demand from those in contact with the person to be the centre of their world . The narcissist manipulates the private space of those close to him as though it were his own, forcing upon them a virtual reality that is a reflection of himself, his needs and his desires . People intimate with him wonder if he / she is at all aware of the way he conducts himself in his relationships . He acts like a stage director, pulling the strings but not participating with others on an equal footing . The narcissist does not generally seek therapy since he sincerely believes that the difficulties he experiences in relationships stem from the difficulties his partners have . The ones who do feel the need for therapy are his "victims" – his children or spouses . Narcissus and Narcissism – the Myth and the Personality According to Greek mythology, Narcissus spied his face reflected in a river and could not stop contemplating its beauty . Echo, the nymph, fell head over heels in love with him, but he was

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