Elements for an analysis of gangs of hired killers
This paper applies the Freudian axioms on group psychology to the conformation, functioning and disbanding of gangs of hired killers. The principal psychical mechanism is identification with the leader: the subjects substitute their own ego-ideal for this tyrannical figure. Submission to the group&#...
- Autores:
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Ramírez, Mario Elkin
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 1993
- Institución:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Repositorio:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/29693
- Acceso en línea:
- https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/29693
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/19741/
- Palabra clave:
- father
killers
group psychology
gangs
totemism
leader
sicarios
psicología de los grupos
bandas de sicarios
líder
padre
toteismo
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
| Summary: | This paper applies the Freudian axioms on group psychology to the conformation, functioning and disbanding of gangs of hired killers. The principal psychical mechanism is identification with the leader: the subjects substitute their own ego-ideal for this tyrannical figure. Submission to the group's norms is the result of this identification. A rite of initiation in one of these gangs is also analyzed in terms of totemism, and this leads to an examination of the father-function which here appears as an obscene and ferocious figure that instigates murder. |
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