Psychobiography definition of socialism
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A Biographical Perspective on Processes of Radicalisation
Introduction
Right-wing extremism poses an obvious risk to individuals, society and the democratic order both in Germany and throughout Europe. Research that provides insights into processes of radicalisation—that is, an engagement with right-wing extremist views and violent acts—is thus necessary. The many violent crimes that have been committed by right-wing extremists in Germany in recent years attest to the growing relevance of the phenomenonFootnote 1 and indicate rising social tensions and polarisation (Zick, 2017, p. 16).Footnote 2 Right-wing extremism goes beyond right-wing populism, the latter of which is based on a distinction between “the people” and “the elite”, nativism and populism (Boehnke & Thran, 2019). Although, as a phenomenon, right-wing extremism cannot be subject to a single definition (much like Islamism; see Snow & Byrd, 2007), at its core lie central components of extreme right-wing id
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5 The American Nazi: Cold War Social Problem Films and National Psychobiography
Slane, Andrea. "5 The American Nazi: Cold War Social bekymmer Films and National Psychobiography". A Not So utländsk Affair: Fascism, Sexuality, and the Cultural Rhetoric of American Democracy, New York, USA: Duke University Press, 2001, pp. 138-175. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822380849-007
Slane, A. (2001). 5 The American Nazi: Cold War Social bekymmer Films and National Psychobiography. In A Not So Foreign Affair: Fascism, Sexuality, and the Cultural Rhetoric of American Democracy (pp. 138-175). New York, USA: Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822380849-007
Slane, A. 2001. 5 The American Nazi: Cold War Social bekymmer Films and National Psychobiography. A Not So utländsk Affair: Fascism, Sexuality, and the Cultural Rhetoric of American Democracy. New York, USA: Duke University Press, pp. 138-175. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822380849-007
Slane, Andrea. "5 The American Nazi: Cold
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THE PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION OF REALITY: Theory and Method
By Richard Koenigsberg
My study Hitler’s Ideology: A Study in Psychoanalytic Sociology reconstructs the fantasies that were the source of Nazism based on analysis of the words, images and metaphors contained within Hitler’s writing and speeches. Hitler articulated his fantasies through the vehicle of his ideology. National Socialism “caught on” because what Hitler said resonated with ideas or desires present within the minds of other Germans. In creating their movement, the Nazis were involved in the “social construction of reality.” The reality constructed by the Nazis grew out of fantasies contained within Hitler’s ideology.
Nazism articulated a fantasy about the body. Hitler conceived of Germany as a “living organism” consisting of German people as “cells” bound together to form a body politic. Hitler referred to Jews as “bacteria” or