From: target@batstar.net
To: psysr-disc@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sat, February 12, 2011 12:09 pm
Subject: RE: [psysr-disc] nonviolent revolution in Egypt!
Eee:
From the 'pyramid' on which I find myself sitting, I'd say that this day has spoken the psychology of "social accountability." Instead of "ego" and "control" being the prime tool of the people making social change, there has been a
relational experience where the "culture of everyday life" has advanced the social dynamic.I learned how to explain that from John Shotter, 1993: Cultural Politics of Everyday Life: Social Constructionism, Rhetoric, and Knowing of the Third Kind. Milton Keynes: Open University Press; and University of Toronto Press
You wrote:
This is an amazing day. I believe this day will have world-changing consequences as it demonstrates what ordinary people can do when they cease to be subservient.
Do check out my 'pyramid'! It has an interesting architecture.
We in this country need to learn from the Egyptians. We are all Egyptians now!
If "behavior objects" kick and scream about the abuse they experience, then we'd have to say they are still linked psychologically with the "subservience." The remarkable thing here is that the Egyptians appear to be building a culture of peace by an organic method that embraces dignity and modulates the passion of rebellion. That is an approach that deserves our attention and critical engagement.
Andrew Phelps