Psihoanalitički osvrt na islamofobiju: Paranoidno ustrojstvo zapadne civilizacije XXI vijeka
A Psychoanalytic Reflection on Islamophobia: Paranoid Structure of Everyday Western Life in the XXI century

Summary/Abstract: From the psychoanalytic point of view Islamophobia is seen as deep regression of society into the schizoid-paranoid position defined by Melanie Klein. Psychological functioning on this developmental level is marked by brutal forms of aggression, and paranoid dynamics that frames the Other in the role of an enemy that threatens existence, integrity of the given subject. Thus the Other is target of violent paranoid attack. Actual socio-political arena in the Western civilization, leaders with paranoid political style that address the aimed population in manipulative means, significantly favour paranoid dynamics in everyday life. Thus Islamophobia becomes socio-politically favored attitude of non Muslim population towards Islam, Muslims and creations of Islamic civilization. Consequences of paranoid regression that frames Western civilization in relation to Islam very easily may result in extremely negative consequences that affect friendly, truly supportive human rations, and lead towards a clash with catastrophic dimensions. It is exactly this problem of Otherness that in the history of human civilization not once emerged as a fundament of brutal episodes of our history.

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