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Ideology, Internalization, and Psychological Control in Jojo Rabbit

Author(s) Ms. Ritu Singh Chauhan
Country India
Abstract This paper dissects the psychological machinery of fascism as depicted in Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit (2019). While most academic discourse surrounding the film centers on its satirical bite or its "coming-of-age" tropes, this study argues that the film’s true complexity lies in its visualization of how ideology is "housed" within the psyche. Utilizing a conceptual chain of theorists including: Interpellation (Louis Althusser, 1969), the Superego (Sigmund Freud), The Big Other (Jacques Lacan), mechanisms of Disciplinary Power (Michel Foucault), and Obscene Enjoyment (Slavoj Žižek), this research seeks to track the passage from the process of recruitment through to the eventual disjunction of internalized forms of authority. The analysis of Imaginary Hitler is intended to showcase how this film (not as a camp comedy) serves as an amalgamation of elements that mirror fascism’s self-regulating nature as a psychological structure. The manner in which the film adapts its source material, Christine Leunens’ Caging Skies, is indicative of how humor can be both a substitution for and a vehicle to express ideological engagement with others. In shifting from Leunens’ strict sense of grim realism to Taiki Waititi’s absurd sense of surrealism through the lens of film, this paper illuminates instances where the seduction and subsequent sense of “pleasure” was achieved via one’s willingness to lend themselves to—ideologically—those interested parties or groups around one.
Keywords Jojo Rabbit, Ideological Interpellation, Disciplinary Power, Obscene Enjoyment, Fascist Indoctrination, Cinematic Adaptation.
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Published In Volume 8, Issue 3, May-June 2026
Published On 2026-05-23
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i03.78892
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