What I had understood implicitly, prior to writing my thesis -- and it was based on my experience reading BLACK SUNLIGHT - was that primitive psychological defence mechanisms break down your world view. To have a world view requires having a unified perspective, however if you are splitting the world into good and bad, then you, the subject, are also split. Both subject and object and necessarily split simultaneously.
That is why those who have lost parts of their "souls" are unable to effectively theorize. Theorizing involves seeing the world as a whole -- or at least striving to do so. The strong contemporary antagonism to theory is a sign that people have become subjectively splintered within themselves. Since they are split, the world is split and they cannot theorize. Since they cannot achieve any understanding of theory, they are hostile to theory.
When I read Marechera's BLACK SUNLIGHT many times, my world view began to become dissolved in the writer's mental traumas. By taking this book seriously, one can go mad.
There is no reason, however, why one should not restore oneself again, given time. Unless one is weak, one can perhaps also develop a more vitalised and comprehensive (inclusive) world view.
Shamanistic regression and redevelopment are thus both possible.
That is why those who have lost parts of their "souls" are unable to effectively theorize. Theorizing involves seeing the world as a whole -- or at least striving to do so. The strong contemporary antagonism to theory is a sign that people have become subjectively splintered within themselves. Since they are split, the world is split and they cannot theorize. Since they cannot achieve any understanding of theory, they are hostile to theory.
When I read Marechera's BLACK SUNLIGHT many times, my world view began to become dissolved in the writer's mental traumas. By taking this book seriously, one can go mad.
There is no reason, however, why one should not restore oneself again, given time. Unless one is weak, one can perhaps also develop a more vitalised and comprehensive (inclusive) world view.
Shamanistic regression and redevelopment are thus both possible.
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