ABSTRACT
Hindu nationalists claim that India is, or should be, a Hindu nation. They construct an idealized Hindu Self, explain how that Self is frustrated and victimized by a non-Hindu Other, and explain why deviations from the idealized Self are necessary to conquer that Other. Ironically, the means to conquer the non-Hindu Other are at variance with the idealized Hindu Self. I call this the Narcissism-Frustration-Regression nexus and argue that native Europeans may also be prone to it.
