Analytical Psychology: Why Putin Become a Hero and Seek the Answer
There is no consensus in academic circles on Putin phenomenon after the drastic changes in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, which is political and economic, as well as historical and realistic. If we analyze it with modern deep psychology, it may give us some useful attempts. Modern deep psychology believes that human consciousness is related to human deep psychology-subconscious, which plays a guiding role in consciousness. The subconscious is related to the collective subconscious (or collective unconscious) of the nation. Throughout the modern history of Russia, Russia has two dreams (Freud called them complex, and I adopted Jung's psychoanalysis). A dream originated from the liberalization movement initiated by Peter the Great himself and nobles in the period of Peter the Great in Russia, that is, the reform movement of learning from the West. Russia was relatively backward at that time, in the period of serfdom (equivalent to Datianzhuang in China in the Song Dynasty), and serfs called their owners "red sun"; Europe has entered the period of industrial revolution. Without reform, it is bound to be marginalized by Europe (serfs don't want this kind of reform, and they are responsible for their food and clothing). As a result of the reform, Russia's territory has tripled. In the Russian court-until the yekaterina era, European liberal humanists and writers were always guests of the Russian court (or kept in touch with each other), and people took French as the fashion. This liberal thought directly influenced the December Party members at the end of 19 and the February Revolution afterwards. It also directly influenced the Soviet literature during Stalin's totalitarian period, and kept the soul of free thought in his works (although a large number of writers were persecuted, otherwise, we can't explain why Soviet literature left outstanding works to the world during the totalitarian period, while China's socialist literature did not have the difference between works); This dream has always influenced the great changes in the Soviet Union at the end of last century. This is Russia's first dream of entering the era of industrialization. The second dream is still to learn from the west and learn from the western socialist thought. This is the Soviet era as we know it. Due to the great changes in the Soviet Union at the end of last century, this research proved to be a failure. However, this failed study made Russia a leader of a world power, which gathered the leaders of more than 100 ethnic political parties in the world under the banner of Moscow. This is the second dream of Russia. Russia has these two dreams, so it is not difficult for Putin to become a hero of Russia. On the one hand, Putin affirmed that "the transition to democracy and market economy in the early 1990s was most actively and resolutely supported by Russian citizens", affirmed that "this is a great and practical achievement made by the Russian people" and called it "one of the greatest achievements of China in the 20th century". At the same time, it also made Putin the first head of state to express his position on the purge, saying that "they are the best people in the nation" and "we should always remember this historical lesson". Putin was highly praised by Solzhenitsyn and accused by Russia of "going further than Yeltsin". Finally, Putin chose the liberal Medvedev as his successor. On the other hand, the memory left by the second learning failure to the leaders of Russia's world powers yesterday made Putin admit before his second term in 2004: "The disintegration of a big country is heartbreaking." This has largely satisfied Russia's Slavic mentality and made Putin an unprecedented political star in Russia. Next, we saw Putin pick up the things in the arsenal of the former Soviet Union one by one, and there were many reports in China (I won't go into details here). However, as China's political critics have said, we can't say "substantive" confrontation, let alone "cold war". Even if the patrol on duty is resumed, an aircraft carrier will drag a trip in the Mediterranean. However, the west is wary of this. Looking at Russia's two dreams just proves a deep psychological conclusion: the subconscious mind (or prototype) is creative when stimulating new ideas; They are destructive when they become rigid and become conscious prejudices that hinder further discovery. At the same time, China is different, and China has no dreams. She learns from the west and the east; But her research failed, leaving a series of shadows. When Peter the Great opened to the west, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement broke out in China, and the leaders were corrupt before they won. The reform of the Qing court was strong and suppressed by the die-hards; The Republic of China was stolen by warlords; The three people's principles have become a party state; Socialism is not much better than the Soviet Union (like the Great Famine, but worse than autocracy); By the end of the Cultural Revolution, those old comrades who had been fighting for half a century had lost their enthusiasm. Young people come to old comrades and say they want democracy and freedom. The old man said that democracy is iron and democracy is steel. I don't know? I want to know the result! One of the knowledge of leaders is to stabilize and develop the economy (in fact, ideology is no longer important at this time, and only boring people are still arguing about the surname "society" and "capital"). This led to the reform and opening up. In 30 years, the economic development is surprisingly good! But democracy and freedom are also the dreams of China people (China cannot be isolated from the world). I don't think economic development and China people's confidence will last long. Because the country needs rapid development. -[Attachment] Gorbachev's Memorandum to Medvedev (Excerpt) The prestigious Putin announced his support for Medvedev and agreed to be his prime minister, which brought the Russian presidential election to an early conclusion. What I'm thinking about now is what will happen next in Russia. Now, we have the opportunity to take advantage of the confidence and stability gained in recent years and move towards modernization more decisively. This requires not only our industry, but also modern government governance, economic innovation, re-emphasis on education and health, narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor, and cracking down on corruption and bureaucracy. As a welcome move, Putin and Medvedev have recently paid attention to these challenges. I have no doubt that they will do well, but their efforts alone are not enough to succeed. At all levels-federal, regional and even urban and rural-each of us needs great changes. I'm not calling for a movement. What we need is education officials to solve new problems in new ways. We also need to teach these methods to young people. Only in this way can we realize our commitment to the people. According to the experience of other countries, we know that these huge problems can only be solved in a truly democratic environment, in a civil society where the government is responsible to its people, and only when the people are not afraid to take the lead. Some people don't agree with this view, thinking that we can't afford the price of "passion release" and that what Russia needs is not more democratic experiments, but a "tough hand." However, without the real support of the people, the government will be weak. Putin was supported because he correctly realized what the people wanted-to restore stability and rebuild the Russian state. We are now facing a more arduous historical task. In order to accomplish these tasks, we must establish a higher relationship between the state and society.