Research on national collective narcissism, the belief and resentment that a nation's exceptionality is not sufficiently recognized by others, provides a theoretical framework for understanding the psychological motivations behind the support for right-wing populism. It bridges the findings regarding the economic and sociocultural conditions implicated in the rise of right-wing populism and the findings regarding leadership processes necessary for it to find its political expression. The conditions are interpreted as producing violations to established expectations regarding self-importance via the gradual repeal of the traditional criteria by which members of hegemonic groups evaluated their self-worth. Populist leaders propagate a social identity organized around the collective narcissistic resentment, enhance it, and propose external explanations for frustration of self and in-group-importance. This garners them a committed followership. Research on collective narcissism indicates that distress resulting from violated expectations regarding self-importance stands behind collective narcissism and its narrow vision of “true” national identity (the people), rejection and hostility toward stigmatized in-group members and out-groups as well as the association between collective narcissism and conspiratorial thinking.

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集体自恋作为理解民粹主义的框架

对国家集体自恋的研究，对一个国家的特殊性没有被他人充分认识的信念和不满，为理解右翼民粹主义背后的心理动机提供了理论框架。它把有关右翼民粹主义兴起的经济和社会文化条件的调查结果与有关为找到其政治表达所必需的领导过程的调查结果联系起来。这些条件被解释为通过逐步废除霸权集团成员评估其自我价值的传统标准，而违反了已确立的关于自我重要性的期望。民粹主义领袖散布围绕集体自恋情绪的社会认同感，增强这种自我认同感，并为挫败自我和小组内重要性提出外部解释。这使他们获得了坚定的追随者。对集体自恋的研究表明，由于对自我重要性的期望遭到违反而造成的困扰，是集体自恋及其对“真实”民族身份（人民），对受污名的团体内成员和团体的拒绝和敌意的狭stands视野的背后原因。集体自恋与阴谋思想之间的联系。