The destructiveness of omnipotence and 'perverted containing': Psychoanalytic reflections on the dynamic between Donald Trump and his supporters
The omnipotent state of mind: Psychoanalytic perspectives
; : 220-229, 2022.
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ABSTRACT
This chapter describes a model of 'perverted containing' to explain escalating destructive social processes rooted in phantasies of omnipotence and nourished by unconscious fears of annihilation, using the example of Donald Trump-a prime example of a destructive narcissistic populist who offers omnipotence as salvation. It combines Rosenfeld's theory of destructive narcissism and Bion's theory of the container/contained to describe the powerful dynamic existing between Trump and his voters in which the omnipotent appeal of the demagogue held his followers in thrall. Trump offers his supporters omnipotence as perverted containing. He embodies omnipotence as a person;therefore, he appears convincing, so people can easily believe in him-especially those who, on an early level of intensive anxieties, feelings of persecution, and longing for symbiosis, prefer to attach themselves to one person. Thus, he accommodates their desires to identify and bond symbiotically with one person in total consensus-without triangulation, without doubting and space to develop individual perception and judgment. In the 2020 COVID-19 crisis, Trump first used his usual means distortion and denial of reality, self-praise and directing accusations towards the usual 'enemies'. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
destructive narcissistic populist; destructive social processes; Donald Trump; supporters; omnipotence; perverted containing; psychoanalytical perspective; theory of destructive narcissism; *Narcissism; *Omnipotence; *Political Candidates; *Political Processes; *Psychoanalysis; *Social Processes; Psychoanalytic Theory [3143]; Human
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The omnipotent state of mind: Psychoanalytic perspectives
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