▁comp ulsion ▁of ▁economic ▁relations "), ▁sub lim ating , ▁suppress ing ▁or ▁mask ing ▁the ▁contradict ions , ▁perhaps ▁in ▁a ▁sch iz oid ▁way , ▁as ▁a ▁z omb ie , ▁as ▁a ▁psych op ath , ▁or ▁by ▁becoming ▁with dra wn . ▁In ▁that ▁case , ▁Er ich ▁From m ▁arg ues , ▁human ▁be ings ▁can ▁become ▁wh olly ▁conform ist ▁" autom at ons " ▁(" the ▁autom ation ▁of ▁the ▁individual ") ▁in ▁which ▁a ▁" pse udo ▁self " ▁rep laces ▁the ▁" original ▁self " ▁– ▁" The ▁pseudo ▁self ▁is ▁only ▁an ▁agent ▁who ▁actually ▁represents ▁the ▁role ▁a ▁person ▁is ▁supposed ▁to ▁play , ▁but ▁who ▁does ▁so ▁under ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁self ." ▁ ▁Ult imately , ▁there ▁exists ▁no ▁individual ▁solution ▁to ▁such ▁identity ▁problems , ▁because ▁to ▁solve ▁them ▁requires ▁the ▁positive ▁recognition , ▁accept ance ▁and ▁aff irm ation ▁of ▁an ▁identity ▁by ▁others ▁– ▁and ▁this ▁can ▁only ▁happen , ▁if ▁the ▁individual ▁can ▁" join ▁in " ▁and ▁receive ▁social ▁acknowled g ement ▁of ▁his ▁identity . ▁Marx ▁himself ▁tack led ▁this ▁problem ▁– ▁rather ▁controvers ial ly ▁– ▁in ▁his ▁ 1 8 4 3 / 4 4 ▁ess ay ▁" On ▁the ▁Jewish ▁Question ". ▁ ▁Crit ic ism ▁and ▁recent ▁controvers ies ▁ ▁Dia lect ical ▁difficulties ▁Much ▁of ▁the ▁scientific ▁controvers y ▁about ▁Marx ' s ▁concept ▁of ▁character ▁mask s ▁cent res ▁on ▁his ▁unique ▁dialect ical ▁approach ▁to ▁analyz