Neuroscience and the Social Unconscious

Abstract

The social unconscious is an abstract concept which describes a real force, like the concept of gravity. The social unconscious can only be seen by its effects. However, it is also the force that holds everything together from individual internal coherence to the largest social phenomena. It is proposed here that the new knowledge from neuroscience helps us understand the implications of having an unconscious that is also social, although its appearance is individual. Furthermore, although the brain’s appearance is structural and balanced, it has been found that brain processes actually operate in dynamic equilibrium, where tiny adjustments provide precarious balance and change is constant.