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Bion's Basic Assumptions and the Rise of Populist Figures, Empires & Cultures

  • Writer: Faisal Samadi
    Faisal Samadi
  • 6 days ago
  • 1 min read

A published theory article of mine on the rise of populist figures, oppressive regimes, and human behaviour around obsessive cultural movements, building upon the impressive work of Dr Wilfred Bion.


The "Great Leader": leader to three Basic Assumption Groups
The "Great Leader": leader to three Basic Assumption Groups

In this paper, publised in the psychoanalytic journal Free Associations, I apply Bion’s theory of Group Dynamics to explain the rise and prevalence of modern populist figures; due to a phenomenon I call the "Singular Specialised Workgroup" and how it creates an almost mythical "Great Leader", which can also be used and applied to think about wider cultural phenomena across human history.



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