![]() ![]() ![]() Because the Roman lived "constantly in the atmosphere of slaves," according to Jung, "he became infected through the unconscious with their psychology." 1 Thus we refer, in our own time, to a "consumer mentality," a "cold war mentality," and a "contraceptive mentality."Ĭontraception is the prevention by mechanical or chemical means of the possible natural and procreative consequence of sexual intercourse, namely, conception. Carl Jung offers a powerful example of this when he describes the slave mentality, which flooded ancient Italy and caused every Roman to become inwardly and unwittingly a slave. A "mentality" is also very difficult to resist. An "inflation mentality," for example, occurs when people, thinking of their own immediate needs, demand higher and higher wages in order to keep pace with inflation, but in so doing, ensure the perpetuation of the very inflation they seek to offset.Ī "mentality" is very difficult to correct because it is insulated by unconscious assumptions and preserved by sheer force of habit. ![]() "Mentality" describes a pervasive-almost Pavlovian -mindset that is awake to the immediate benefit but asleep to the distant repercussion. A "mentality" exists in a society when enough people react automatically to a situation without thinking of the long-range consequences. ![]()
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