> > Using
>psychological, individual factors to explain social structure is
>a basic category error. It surprises me that Justin is so
>bewitched by common-sense thinking here that he doesn't see the
>problem.
>
>I wasn't doing that. Look over what I said.
And who said all psychological factors are purely individual? Symbolic structures circulate socially; American children aren't born knowing all the cliches about race that permeate our society. Freud has a line somewhere about how children adopt ego ideals appropriate to their "family, class, and nation." He gave it only a line, but you could spend a lifetime exploring the links between the individual psyche and social myths.
Doug