The Mexican social unconscious: ‘Confusion of tongues’ in tripartite matrices of colonized countries. Response to ‘The Mexican social unconscious—Part I: The roots of a nation’ and ‘Part II: Politics and group analysis’ by Reyna Hernández de Tubert

Abstract

This response is based on Reyna Hernández de Tubert two articles: The Mexican social unconscious—Part I: The roots of a nation’ and ‘Part II: Politics and group analysis’ (Hernández de Tubert, 2021). It discusses the role of the myth of mestization and the myth of conquest in the Mexican social unconscious in Mexican tripartite matrices. It also draws attention to Ferenczi’s trauma theory—confusion of tongues—exploring the psychoanalytic and group analytic ideas on the ‘identification with the aggressor’ in association with the concepts of introjection and incorporation.

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

“…However, the diverse history of these countries, also related to different styles of colonization, produced unique features in these social systems throughout the centuries. (Penna, 2023) But this was no obstacle when she finally decided to tackle the task. There are, of course, quite a few differences between Mexico and Brazil, but also many similarities.…”

“…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.…”

“…However, the diverse history of these countries, also related to different styles of colonization, produced unique features in these social systems throughout the centuries. (Penna, 2023)…”