Primary Narcissism, Labor, Possession

The peculiarity of Primary Narcissism, which Marcuse does not adequately address, is why an experience of Ego-Universe unity is a variety of 'Narcissism'.  His uncritical acceptance of the rubric preempts a further analysis of the experience into two components.  One is what might be called a Vegetative awareness, namely, an awareness of one's nutritive, respiratory, etc. interaction with one's environment, as contrasted with a Locomotile awareness, namely, that of one's independence from one's environment.  The other is the Narcissistic element--the claiming of one's environment as 'one's own', i. e. asserting possession of it.  Now, the psychological immaturity of this second element is exposed by the Hegelian-Marxist concept of Possession--one's own is one's modification of one's environment, i. e. the effects of one's Labor--a concept that is fundamental to that of Alienation.  So, there is a deep conflict between Primary Narcissism and Socialism, as well as a psychological deficiency of the former, that Marcuse does not even begin to recognize.