@article{Hasanov, author = {Hasanov, E.}, title = {Religious and national radicalism in Middle-Eastern countries: A psychoanalytical point of view}, series = {International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Basingstoke (Routledge - Taylor and Francis) Vol. 14 (No. 2, 2005), pp. 120-122.}, journal = {International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Basingstoke (Routledge - Taylor and Francis) Vol. 14 (No. 2, 2005), pp. 120-122.}, abstract = {This article explores the Adlerian concept of inferiority complexes that serve as a possible source of unconscious motivation for religious and national radicalism. The Middle-Eastern countries of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey serve as examples. Religious extremism and national radicalism are described as a result of the overcompensation of underlying inferiority complexes caused by belonging to ethnic and religious minorities.}, language = {en} }