Why war? Psychoanalysis is no more ready to answer to this question than it was in Freud’s time. To what extent can we support the sinister Freidan hypothesis of a self-annihilating drive rooted deep within psychic life? Following the path of the “narcissism of small differences” and using the example of Russia’s war in Ukraine, this article will attempt to explore the question.

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