A corpus-based psychodynamic analysis of body boundary imagery in Hitler’s “Mein Kampf”

Cariola, Laura A. (2014) A corpus-based psychodynamic analysis of body boundary imagery in Hitler’s “Mein Kampf”. Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, 11 (4). pp. 318-338. ISSN 1521-1401

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Abstract

This study employs a corpus-based approach to make justifiable psychodynamic interpretations based on the statistical relationships that exist between linguistic variables in written texts. The text examined is Hitler’s Mein Kampf (Boston, MA:Houghton Mifflin, 1943), which was assessed on the strengths of associations between body boundary imagery, primordial thought language and emotional language. The results largely confirm the research hypotheses identifying the use of body boundary functions as a defense mechanism associated to borderline and narcissistic organization for separating trauma from conscious awareness and for containing a fragile self-image and body schema. The discussion interprets the language pattern by drawing on various psychoanalytic theories in conjunction with Hitler’s biographical notes and Langer's psychohistorical study of Hitler’s life (The mind of Adolf Hitler: The secret wartime report. London: Pan, 1973).

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? hitlermein kampf national socialism fascismbody boundaries psychoanalysiscorpus linguisticspsychiatry and mental health ??
ID Code:
67444
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Deposited On:
07 Nov 2013 09:41
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Yes
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Published
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