THE FOUNDATION FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL PSYCHOSIS presents
Franco Fornari on the Psychology of War

Dear Colleague,

I am going to present a series of excerpts from Franco Fornari's The Psychoanalysis of War (click preceding link for information on purchasing from Amazon). This book, in my view, remains the most significant ever written on the psychology of war.

With regards,
Richard Koenigsberg

The spirit of sacrifice is intimately related to the need for an ideology in the name of which one may sacrifice himself. In war, the state becomes an organization that distributes sacrifice. Laymen who dismiss religious martyrdom with a smile are often deeply moved by political martyrdom. The faith in a just idea legitimates every sacrifice.