Freud traced scapegoating to society’s inevitable repression of aggressive and sexual drives

Evidence

This model is more purely Freudian and emphasizes the role of inner psychodynamic conflict and inherent human aggressiveness, with external events being given a more distal role. Freud (1930/1961) hypothesized that social life inevitably sets up continued psychodynamic conflict because all societies demand the repression of the id’s impulses. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 745

Categorization

• DEFINE: Names and characterizes the ‘internal conflict version’ of scapegoat theory as the second classic variant.
• XREF: connects to: Freud traced scapegoating to conflict between a punitive superego and repressed id impulses — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 1562; Authoritarian prejudice operates through Freudian projection of repressed sex and aggression onto minorities — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 548

Broader Connections

• Authoritarian prejudice operates through Freudian projection of repressed sex and aggression onto minorities #exemplifies (0.90) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 548
• Freud traced scapegoating to conflict between a punitive superego and repressed id impulses #expands (0.85) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1562