The Nation

A Study in Ideology and Fantasy

Richard A. Koenigsberg
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9781593118570
03 December 2007
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  • Contents

One may view the idea of the nation as a fundamental "assumption" which defines the manner in which modern man perceives, and experiences, social reality. Thus, just as persons in earlier historical periods tended to possess an absolute faith in the reality of God, so, we may suggest, do persons in contemporary cultures tend to possess an absolute faith in the reality of the nation.

Chapter 1. The Country, The Mother, and Infantile Narcissism

  • Chapter 2. The Country as a Living Organism
  • Chapter 3. Revolution as a Struggle Against Passivity
  • Chapter 4. The Social Psychology of Nationalism