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October 18, 2025International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic StudiesOpen Access

The Socio‐Political Dimension of Hysteria and Melancholia—Between Revolution and Stagnation

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MIM. S. Ibrahim

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This analysis examines trauma responses of hysterical and melancholic individuals, suggesting implications for socio-political dynamics.

Key Points

  • Hysteria and melancholia represent different mechanisms of trauma processing, influencing both individual and collective responses.
  • The paper argues that subjects oscillate between hysterical externalization and melancholic internalization, impacting socio-political behavior.
  • Freud's case of Dora illustrates how identification patterns shape symptom formation, linking personal and political trauma.
  • The interplay between revolutionary upheaval and melancholic resignation demonstrates cycles that often reproduce existing structures.

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M. S. Ibrahim (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68f396388da44caaba02c986https://doi.org/10.1002/aps.70015
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