Free accessAbstractFirst published online February 2, 2022II Political Thought and Ideas / Théorie et Pensées PolitiquesVolume 72, Issue 1https://doi.org/10.1177/00208345221079074

The significance of psychology in studying politics is embedded in philosophical issues as well as behavioural pursuits. For the former is often associated with Sigmund Freud and his followers. The latter is inspired by the writings of Harold Lasswell. Political psychology or psychopolitics has its own impression on political thought ever since it deciphers the concept of human nature and polit...