It is clear that a retreat from the social, based largely on the experience of defeat and consequent resignation, promotes the personal as the only possible terrain of authenticity.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "It is clear that a retreat from the social, based largely on the experience of defeat and consequent resignation, promotes the personal as the only possible terrain of authenticity." in the context of ""The Mass Psychology of Misery"" to mean that wisdom is timeless.