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Large‐Group‐Psychology in Its Own Right: Large‐Group Identity and Peace‐making
Author(s) -
Volkan Vam𝚤k
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of applied psychoanalytic studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.314
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1556-9187
pISSN - 1742-3341
DOI - 10.1002/aps.1368
Subject(s) - narcissism , group (periodic table) , psychology , adversary , identity (music) , collective identity , social psychology , political science , psychoanalysis , law , philosophy , computer security , aesthetics , chemistry , organic chemistry , politics , computer science
In this paper I examine the psychology of “large‐group identity,” its absorbing shared narcissism, its creating a “psychological border,” its relationship to massive traumas at the hand of the “other,” its role in national or international affairs, its raising substantial barriers to peaceful co‐existence between “enemy” groups and describe what is large‐group psychology in its own right. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.