{"title":"The mongrel complex: identification with the aggressor, self-hatred and the drive to rest (Ruhetrieb).","authors":"Daniel Kupermann","doi":"10.1057/s11231-026-09564-7","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article explores Ferenczi's (1932, 1933) concept of \"identification with the aggressor\" as an effect of psychic trauma, highlighting three of its vicissitudes: submissive love, destructive hatred, and self-hatred. We take a closer look at the fate of self-hatred, illustrating it with the \"mongrel complex,\" a term coined by Brazilian writer Nelson Rodrigues (1958), alongside biographical excerpts related to the antisemitism experienced by Freud and his father, Jacob. Additionally, we point out an unprecedented association between Ferenczi's trauma theory and Freud's studies on Witz (wit), taking as a reference the 1905 publication Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious. Finally, we offer reflections on the \"drive to rest\" (Ruhetrieb) formulated by Sándor Ferenczi in his Clinical Diary of 1932, and its impulse toward serenity.</p>","PeriodicalId":52458,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Psychoanalysis","volume":" ","pages":"173-187"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"American Journal of Psychoanalysis","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1057/s11231-026-09564-7","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Psychology","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This article explores Ferenczi's (1932, 1933) concept of "identification with the aggressor" as an effect of psychic trauma, highlighting three of its vicissitudes: submissive love, destructive hatred, and self-hatred. We take a closer look at the fate of self-hatred, illustrating it with the "mongrel complex," a term coined by Brazilian writer Nelson Rodrigues (1958), alongside biographical excerpts related to the antisemitism experienced by Freud and his father, Jacob. Additionally, we point out an unprecedented association between Ferenczi's trauma theory and Freud's studies on Witz (wit), taking as a reference the 1905 publication Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious. Finally, we offer reflections on the "drive to rest" (Ruhetrieb) formulated by Sándor Ferenczi in his Clinical Diary of 1932, and its impulse toward serenity.
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The American Journal of Psychoanalysis is an international psychoanalytic quarterly founded in 1941 by Karen Horney. The journal''s purpose is to be an international forum for communicating a broad range of contemporary theoretical, clinical, professional and cultural concepts of psychoanalysis and for presenting related investigations in allied fields. It is a fully peer-reviewed journal, which welcomes psychoanalytic papers from all schools of thought that address the interests and concerns of scholars and practitioners of psychoanalysis and contribute meaningfully to the understanding of human experience. The journal publishes original papers, special issues devoted to a single topic, book reviews, film reviews, reports on the activities of the Karen Horney Psychoanalytic Center, and comments.
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