The Crisis of the Individual
The challenges of the inner life: growth, identity, meaning, clarity.
[ FRAMEWORK ]
THE DOMAINS OF THE PSYCHE
Rising mental health crises, confusion of identity, loneliness epidemics, relationship breakdown, and increasing political polarization are a few of the many signs that the modern psyche is in crisis.
These crises are too varied to make sense of in isolation; they need a wider structure if they are to form a coherent picture.
The following framework tracks the modern psyche across three domains: the individual, the relational, and the collective.
These domains offer a coherent model for categorizing the manifestations of the modern crisis of the psyche.
The three crises below trace these breakdowns and attempt to recover truth, meaning, and value.
The Crisis of Relationships
How inner lives interact, and the social influence on our assumptions.
The Crisis of the Collective
Identity politics, narrative, and social psychology.