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Using the case of an adolescent with a violent father, this paper shows how identity, a process notion open to change, needs to be anchored on collective cultural models which are highly globalized today but referred to and used in a unique manner by subjects. The creation of a neo-identity rooted in models of invincibility and omnipotence is a sign that any identity creation or any movement of subjective affirmation intrinsically mobilizes violence likely to lead to hatred of others.