Religijny wymiar paranoi politycznej
Religious dimension of political paranoia

Summary/Abstract: Religious dimension of political paranoiaPolitical Paranoia is not only historically, but also contemporarily, one of the typical aspects of thinking about politics. Article in the introduction presents theorists (including profilers) dealing with the phenomenon of political paranoia, as well as a coherent theory of this “classic political disease” using terms such as anomie whether the conspiracy theory of history. The presentation of political paranoia as a phenomenon taking place between psychiatry, psychology and political thinking, also takes into account considerations such as political system, social context and personality traits. Referring to the latter, one can say that there are certain predisposing psychological components of political paranoia, which include not only the cognitive or emotional factors, but also more complex conditions, such as dogmatism of mind. All the components of political paranoia were presented in the context of not only individual dimension, but also collective, as a feature of religious systems. Referring to the relation between political paranoia and the religious traditions, the article tries to show: level of religiosity as an aspect of forming the paranoid mentality at all, religious systems create the conditions for the political paranoia, kind of political leadership conditioned by the type of religion, a few general historical cases of death in the name of God.

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