[Psychological aspects of anti-Semitism in fascist writers]

We feel sure that the different psychoanalytical interpretations concerning antisemitism as a general phenomenon or concerning the personality of the antisemite each contain part of the truth. We simply wish to show that one of the possible explanations of antisemitism is to be found in narcissistic disturbances of the personality. We study four fascist writers: Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Lucien Rebatet, Robert Brasillach and Pierre Drieu La Rochelle. We come to the conclusion that the racist and antisemitic attitudes of these writers are caused by a lack of empathy and that this becomes a party to narcissistic disturbances of the personality.