Response to ‘The Mexican social unconscious—Part I: The roots of a nation’ and ‘Part II: Politics and group analysis’ by Reyna Hernández-Tubert

A Latin-American view — reply to Carla Penna’s commentary on my paper

“…Soon after I had finished and submitted my response to Elisabeth Rohr’s (2023) most critical commentary on my two-part paper on the Mexican social unconscious (Hernández-Tubert, 2023a, b), I had access to Carla Penna’s (2023) commentary on the same. This was a completely different matter and breathed a rush of fresh air after Rohr’s misunderstanding of my paper (Hernández-Tubert, 2023c), since Carla had fully understood what I was talking about.…”

Did she read my article? Reply to Elizabeth Rohr’s ‘Response to ‘The Mexican social unconscious—Part I: The roots of a nation’ and ‘Part II: Politics and group analysis’ by Reyna Hernández-Tubert’

“…When commenting on the first part of my article, Rohr claims that Even though Reyna [Dr Hernández-Tubert, Md, PhD to you] does not use this term and she does not say this explicitly, I understand her saying that the trauma of the conquest prevails, because the Mexican of today is undoubtedly the product of this violent conquest. (Rohr, 2021) Unfortunately, her understanding has failed. This is her interpretation, based on a linear concept of causality that I do not share.…”

“…In this, Rohr is absolutely right when she says that 'one president alone [or any given administration, which in Mexico lasts six years, I would add] is not able to change the reality of massive violence and the infiltration of drug cartels into society and politics just within a period of few years' (Rohr, 2021). Social change takes time and consistent and prolonged effort, but it has to start at some point, and in Mexico it has already began, in spite of the virulent attacks by those that had benefitted from the previous corrupt government policies.…”

“…I have just read Elizabeth Rohr’s (2021) response to my two-part article on ‘The Mexican social unconscious’ (Hernández-Tubert, 2021a, b). This generated mixed feelings in me.…”