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SUBPERSONAL
SCIENCE

Subpersonal Connexionism and Cybercapitalist Manipulations


The subpersonal cognitive level—often conceived in terms of connectionist and computational models within the brain—lies primarily in the domain of scientific inquiry, particularly disciplines that can rigorously investigate non-symbolic, mechanistic processes. This level, which we might term “subcognitive” or “proto-cognitive,” requires an approach grounded in the physical and computational sciences, as it involves a type of processing that operates without the symbolic meaning structures addressed by psychoanalysis and psychology. Sciences like computational neuroscience, neurovision, systems neuroscience, and related fields are uniquely positioned to elucidate this subpersonal level due to their ability to model, measure, and test neural dynamics in ways that reveal fundamental, non-conscious mechanisms.

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Inconscient
économique

Economic Unconscious is a masterful synthesis of psychoanalysis, critical theory, and political economy, offering a powerful framework for understanding the hidden forces that govern modern life. Poenaru’s analysis is both a diagnosis of the psychic effects of cybercapitalism and a blueprint for resistance. By illuminating the mechanisms of the economic unconscious, he provides readers with the tools to critically engage with the systems shaping contemporary existence.

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The book’s central premise is the concept of the economic unconscious (EU), a construct that encompasses the unconscious processes influenced and shaped by economic systems. Poenaru argues that while the EU is omnipresent and central to contemporary life, it has largely remained in the blind spots of academic inquiry. Traditional disciplines such as psychoanalysis have focused on familial and psychosexual dynamics, often neglecting the socio-economic conditions that profoundly shape the psyche. Similarly, economic theories have analyzed behavior without addressing the unconscious processes that underpin decision-making, desires, and biases.

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The economic unconscious, as Poenaru conceptualizes it, is a multi-layered construct shaped by psychological, cultural, and political forces. It operates across individual and collective levels, mediating the ways people internalize economic norms, values, and ideologies. Poenaru’s project is not just to theorize the EU but to map its mechanisms, dynamics, and consequences, providing a robust framework for understanding its pervasive influence.

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We have been conditioned and imprinted, much like Pavlov's dogs and Lorenz's geese, to mostly unconscious economic stimuli, which have become a global consensus and a global source of diseases.

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