This book focuses primarily on the psychoanalytic theory surrounding the ego ideal, and the place of phantasy and hallucination in the psychopolitical functions of ideology. What does the theory of the ego ideal and its embodiment in ideology reveal about the nature, motives and objectives of political violence? What is the relation between the individual and the group? The author focuses specifically on the Korean student movement and the attitudes of students and their leaders. This book provides some new perspectives on political violence, the socio-psychological phenomena that is increasing throughout the world.