Michael Ignatieff's analysis and opinion on ethnic nationalism falls in line with the research compiled from Dr. Seppala and Prof. Tomasello on the subject of human compassion. He gives further depth to his position by citing the work of renowned psychologist Sigmund Freud. He states that ethnic nationalism “denies the multiple belong is possible” and that each and every human being only sees a national belonging as opposed to any other allegiance (Ignatieff, 1994). Ignatieff makes it clear that denying our multiple belongings is a form of narcissism that leads to the gained ability of people to lose their sense of compassion for one another. He uses the studies of sigmund freud
