commanded to love | performing false emotions for tyrants [cc]
Some reflections on the the crucial role emotion can play in keeping us stuck in abuse — and in recovery and immunisation.
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opening quote:
‘feel crime’ — the crime of feeling an emotion that displeases the dictator
or not feeling an emotion that pleases the dictator
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0:00 act 1: the disastrous artist
6:58 act 2: the emotional landscape
12:26 act 3: commanded to love a tyrant
28:08 act 4: quitting the show
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subtitles
Bulgarian: Djeitko
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references:
Horney, K. (1937) The neurotic personality of our time. Routledge, Oxfordshire.
Teresa, Mother (1997) In the heart of the world: thoughts, stories and prayers. New World Library, California.
Hitchens, Christopher (1995) The missionary position: Mother Teresa in theory and practice. Verso, London
Biblical references
—Numbers 31: Divinely commanded male infanticide and sexual enslavement of the Midianites
—Psalm 137: Divinely commanded infanticide of the Babylonians
—Judges 19-21: Divinely commanded tribal war; pacifism of the people of Jabesh Gilead punished by murder, infanticide and sexual enslavement
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