Ideologia legionară - scurte considerații de psihologie colectivă
The Legionary ideology - shorts consideration of collective psichollogy

Summary/Abstract: This present article represents a preliminary stage in developing a more complex research regarding the Legion of Archangel Michael's mystic ideology through a psychoanalytical perspective. The main purpose of this study is that of verifying to what extent Carl Jung`s collective psychology and archetype theory could be a reasonable explanation for the profound dynamics of radical fascist interwar doctrines in general, and the Legion`s ideology and mysticism in particular.The first part of the article intends to be a short review of the psycho-cultural and historical developments that generate the radical fascist movements of the 20th century.The second part proposes a short comparison of the similar ideological tendencies, beliefs and behavioural patterns, that coagulate the youth groups both in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century, and in Romania in the 20s.The final part of this article aims to verify the extent to which similar archetypes to those mentioned by Carl Jung can be identified în the dynamic of the Iron Guard, such as Jesus as an archetype, the hero. Last but not least, this article investigates the degree to which a Romanian mythological equivalent can be found to a German archetype, such as that of Norse god Wotan, a destinal pattern for Nazi Germany, by analysing the mysticism of the Iron Guard.

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