On the Roots of Absolutism

Authors

  • Karl Figlio University of Essex

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1234/fa.v0i74.232

Keywords:

psychoanalysis, violence, Freud, Klein, antisemitism, absolutism

Abstract

I want to characterize a particular feature of – typically violent – extremism. I call it absolutism: not as a manner of speaking, but as a strictly absolute state of mind from which absolute violence – violence to eliminate an other – follows.

Author Biography

Karl Figlio, University of Essex

Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex; Senior Member of the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association, registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council; and Clinical Associate of the British Psychoanalytic Society

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Published

2018-12-23

How to Cite

Figlio, K. (2018). On the Roots of Absolutism. Free Associations, (74), 32–48. https://doi.org/10.1234/fa.v0i74.232

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No. 74 (2018)

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