Structural Incommensurability and Psychological Resilience: Why Inner Conflict is a Structural Condition, Not a Deficit

Key Points

• The aim is to challenge the traditional view of inner conflict as a deficit and propose it as a structural condition instead.
• Reviewed existing literature on psychological resilience and inner conflict.
• Analyzed the concept of structural incommensurability among motivational systems.
• Discussed the implications of this perspective on treatment approaches.
• Argued that inner conflict arises from incommensurable motivational systems.
• Demonstrated that resolving inner conflict may not be necessary or beneficial.
• Provided a framework for understanding resilience that incorporates structural aspects of identity.