Freud links enemy treatment to taboo upon rulers and the father

Evidence

In Totem and Taboo, Freud breaks the familial, politico-military complex of hostility and associates the “treatment of enemies” (36/G328) with the “taboo upon rulers” (41/G333) and, finally, with the father. — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab, 435

Categorization

• XREF: Ties to sacrificial kingship ideas from my ‘On Sacrifice’ article — the taboo upon rulers as sacralized enemy treatment.