The Psychoanalysis of Racism, Revolution and Nationalism by Richard A. Koenigsberg

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What racists and revolutionaries have in common is belief that a particular class of people constitutes a 'disease' within the body politic-that must be 'removed' if the nation is to survive.

Through analysis of the writings of Hitler, Lenin, Sri Aurobindo and others, Koenigsberg articulates core fantasies underlying the ideology of nationalism. Psychoanalysis of Racism, Revolution and Nationalism by Richard A.

Koenigsberg examines the idea of the nation as a sacred object saturating our day-to-day reality.

The Psychoanalysis of Racism, Revolution and Nationalism by Richard A. Koenigsberg