The Disease Within the Nation as a Projection of Malignant Internal Objects Racism and Revolution as a Wish to Eliminate the "Disease" from Within the Body of the NationĢ. The Country as a Projection of Infantile Narcissismġ. The Country, the Mother and Infantile NarcissismĤ. In the final chapter, Koenigsberg examines the dynamics of totalitarianism-an extreme form of nationalism promising omnipotence through identification with a "great human community." Refusing to abandon the dream of omnipotence, radical nationalists, racists and revolutionaries are willing to sacrifice freedom and individuality 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. Koenigsberg examines the idea of the nation as a sacred object saturating our day-to-day reality.
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