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Invasion of Ukraine: Observations on Leader-Followers Relationships

Invasion of Ukraine: Observations on Leader-Followers Relationships This paper illustrates how and when the personality characteristics of a political leader can initiate and/or become intertwined with societal and political processes. We are not suggesting that “real world” issues and secondary process calculations are not important or should be discarded in favor of psychological considerations. Instead, we suggest that psychoanalysts and psychodynamically informed mental health professionals can contribute to a more complete analysis of political or societal processes and the personalities of leaders who play major roles in them. Only through such interdisciplinary work can we fully understand the complex and intertwined nature of the crucial events that shape political leaders’ internal and external worlds. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

Invasion of Ukraine: Observations on Leader-Followers Relationships

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis 2022
ISSN
0002-9548
eISSN
1573-6741
DOI
10.1057/s11231-022-09349-8
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Abstract

This paper illustrates how and when the personality characteristics of a political leader can initiate and/or become intertwined with societal and political processes. We are not suggesting that “real world” issues and secondary process calculations are not important or should be discarded in favor of psychological considerations. Instead, we suggest that psychoanalysts and psychodynamically informed mental health professionals can contribute to a more complete analysis of political or societal processes and the personalities of leaders who play major roles in them. Only through such interdisciplinary work can we fully understand the complex and intertwined nature of the crucial events that shape political leaders’ internal and external worlds.

Journal

The American Journal of PsychoanalysisSpringer Journals

Published: Jun 1, 2022

Keywords: Psychobiography; replacement children; rescue fantasies; time collapse; chosen trauma; chosen glory; entitlement ideology; political propaganda

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