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Papers by Elena Cernoiu

Research paper thumbnail of Locus Praeventioni Melior Quam Remendium. The Icelandic Prevention Model in the Fight Against Youth Addictions: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs

Pro Edu, Jan 23, 2023

What does prevention in adolescence refer to? Is it possible to borrow a nonfatalistic, non-monis... more What does prevention in adolescence refer to? Is it possible to borrow a nonfatalistic, non-monistic perspective on life, such as to lead individuals and institutions back to their historical, social, and moral responsibilities? How have Iceland's local policies changed in the court of public opinion, and how have alcohol, tobacco, drug consumption, and abuse been cut down among young people? This work focuses on the opposition between the individual and the society, highlighting the peculiarities of a specific lexicon that adequately discerns the dominant gnoseological and epistemological categories. Sharing, communicative interdependence, sport, and primary and secondary socialization in a sui generis context showcase the empirical evidence obtained through long-term planning. Nowadays, in an even more complex, layered, and liquid cultural climate, which struggles to break away from both national state heritage and ephemeral and circumscribed public policies, it seems necessary to clarify the effectiveness and efficiency of the pioneering model of Lýðveldið Ísland by deconstructing anachronistic stereotypes. Conspicuous literature will accompany this path through a reconstruction of the most significant steps, with reflections placed on the horizon of methodological individualism that will support the observations made, opening up new interpretative switches.

Research paper thumbnail of Psychoanalysis and Exploration of the Unconscious

Pro Edu, Jun 21, 2019

The psychic is not homogeneous, uniforms, undifferentiated, linear, but it is present in various ... more The psychic is not homogeneous, uniforms, undifferentiated, linear, but it is present in various forms. It has a great functional and existential differentiation and uniformity. It manifests itself in the form of conscious psyche, subconscious and unconscious. The relationship between them, their harmony or conflict, determines the originality of human nature. The unconscious as a form of the psyche constitutes the most controversial level of organization of psychical life. It is stated that psychology stopped placing the notion of conscience in the center of its theoretical and practical preoccupations, making place for the unconscious. The unconscious is not only whatever became automatism, but also what I suppress. Freud explains suppression by a conflict between Superego (which represents the childhood interdictions which became interiorized) and Id, the natural pulsations which we were taught in childhood to blame. Freud urges us, through this, to regain the conscience of what is unconscious. The Superego is a necessary stage in the forming of moral conscience, but it should not be mistaken for the moral conscience itself. The genuine moral conscience does not reduce itself to the Superego. A psychological explanation of the origin of the Superego does not replace the foundation of the moral conscience. Psychoanalysis cannot account for values.

Research paper thumbnail of Locus Praeventioni Melior Quam Remendium. The Icelandic Prevention Model in the Fight Against Youth Addictions: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs

Pro Edu, Jan 23, 2023

What does prevention in adolescence refer to? Is it possible to borrow a nonfatalistic, non-monis... more What does prevention in adolescence refer to? Is it possible to borrow a nonfatalistic, non-monistic perspective on life, such as to lead individuals and institutions back to their historical, social, and moral responsibilities? How have Iceland's local policies changed in the court of public opinion, and how have alcohol, tobacco, drug consumption, and abuse been cut down among young people? This work focuses on the opposition between the individual and the society, highlighting the peculiarities of a specific lexicon that adequately discerns the dominant gnoseological and epistemological categories. Sharing, communicative interdependence, sport, and primary and secondary socialization in a sui generis context showcase the empirical evidence obtained through long-term planning. Nowadays, in an even more complex, layered, and liquid cultural climate, which struggles to break away from both national state heritage and ephemeral and circumscribed public policies, it seems necessary to clarify the effectiveness and efficiency of the pioneering model of Lýðveldið Ísland by deconstructing anachronistic stereotypes. Conspicuous literature will accompany this path through a reconstruction of the most significant steps, with reflections placed on the horizon of methodological individualism that will support the observations made, opening up new interpretative switches.

Research paper thumbnail of Psychoanalysis and Exploration of the Unconscious

Pro Edu, Jun 21, 2019

The psychic is not homogeneous, uniforms, undifferentiated, linear, but it is present in various ... more The psychic is not homogeneous, uniforms, undifferentiated, linear, but it is present in various forms. It has a great functional and existential differentiation and uniformity. It manifests itself in the form of conscious psyche, subconscious and unconscious. The relationship between them, their harmony or conflict, determines the originality of human nature. The unconscious as a form of the psyche constitutes the most controversial level of organization of psychical life. It is stated that psychology stopped placing the notion of conscience in the center of its theoretical and practical preoccupations, making place for the unconscious. The unconscious is not only whatever became automatism, but also what I suppress. Freud explains suppression by a conflict between Superego (which represents the childhood interdictions which became interiorized) and Id, the natural pulsations which we were taught in childhood to blame. Freud urges us, through this, to regain the conscience of what is unconscious. The Superego is a necessary stage in the forming of moral conscience, but it should not be mistaken for the moral conscience itself. The genuine moral conscience does not reduce itself to the Superego. A psychological explanation of the origin of the Superego does not replace the foundation of the moral conscience. Psychoanalysis cannot account for values.