title: On hatred. With comments on the revolutionary, the saint, and the terrorist.
abstract: It is common to base an assessment of psychological health on an individual's ability to love. However, the ability to hate is no less important a manifestation of the healthy personality. The author investigates the psychology of hatred and the possible effects of psychoanalytic treatment on the development of the capacity to hate and, by extension, to engage in revolutionary political activity.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Eissler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D006252:Hate; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D011057:Politics; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D018597:Saints; D023481:Terrorism