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The Phantasmatic Core of Fascism: Psychoanalytic Theories of Antisemitism and Group Aggression Amongst the ‘Political Freudians’

2022

The period predating and overlapping with World War II saw psychoanalytic authors respond to the authoritarian and fascist developments in Europe through scholarly and analytical writings. These authors, sometimes referenced as ‘political Freudians’, were interested in bringing psychoanalysis in a dialogue with progressive social and pedagogical movements of their times, focusing their critique on the persecutory, eliminatory and purificatory fantasies, which they saw as animating the fascistic movements in Europe. This article analyses selected texts by Otto Fenichel, Ernst Simmel and Rudolf Loewenstein and argues that these authors asked about the political and ethical stakes of the fasci…

Simmel ErnstHistorySociology and Political Scienceväkivaltasota-aikaSaksaGerman fascismtiedostaminenGender Studiesantisemitismthe social unconsciouspoliittinen ajatteluFenichel OttoantisemitismikirjallisuudentutkimuspsykoanalyysiEurooppakirjallisuusPsychoanalytic theory of fascism; German fascism; antisemitism; the social unconscious; Otto Fenichel; Ernst Simmel; Rudolf Loewenstein; Sigmund FreudFreud Sigmundfasismitiedostamatonpsykoanalyyttinen kirjallisuudentutkimusLoewenstein Rudolfpsychoanalytic theory of fascismPolitical science political theory social theory of psychoanalysispsykoanalyyttiset teoriatRedescriptions: Political Thought, Conceptual History and Feminist Theory
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