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Thoughts on hate and aggression.

Ernst Prelinger1

  • 1Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis, Division of Mental Hygiene, Yale University Health Services, USA.

The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child
|October 26, 2005
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Hate is understood as active yet paralyzed aggression, stemming from blocked motility and developmental encounters with reality. This aggression arises from inevitable collisions, impacting object relations and leading to hate when movement is impeded.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychoanalysis

Background:

  • Explores the phenomenon of hate through the lens of bodily arousal and aggression.
  • References Winnicott's (1950) emphasis on motility as the source of aggression.

Observation:

  • Aggression is defined as effort to remove barriers impeding movement in real or symbolic space.
  • Encountering 'reality' interferes with unrestricted movement, initially physical, then representational.
  • Intrapsychic representation of aggressiveness emerges from mobilization, coupled with an 'injured' response from valued objects.

Findings:

  • Aggression develops from inevitable collisions between adaptive motility and environmental barriers.
  • Hate emerges as active, paralyzed aggression when aggressive mobilizations are significantly blocked but stimulation persists.

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  • Clinical material from two patients illustrates these concepts.

    • Implications:

    • Aggression plays a crucial role in the development of object relations.
    • Understanding hate as paralyzed aggression offers insights into psychological development and interpersonal dynamics.
    • This framework may inform therapeutic approaches to aggression and hate.