Violence or Dialogue?

Psychoanalytic Insights on Terror and Terrorism
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-32278-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 386 g

Reihe: The International Psychoanalytical Association International Psychoanalysis Library

Our understanding of terrorism since the events of September 11th 2001 has usually been channelled through the two dimensional lens of religion and politics. This important new work contributes a richer understanding of terrorism by examining a third dimension of individual and group psychology and demonstrates how insights garnered from the human

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Varvin, Sverre

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Gesundheitspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The International Psychoanalysis Library -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Background: History and Concepts -- When violence masquerades as virtue: a brief history of terrorism -- Terror in everyday life: revisting Mr Kurtz -- Terrorism and victimization: individual and large-group dynamics -- Killer apes on American Airlines, or: how religion was the main hijacker on September 11 -- Globalization and identity -- Hate, humiliation, and masculinity -- What Leads to Terrorism? -- Collective phantasms, destructiveness, and terrorism -- Dehumanization: origins, manifestations, and remedies -- Reflections on the terrorist mind -- The minds and perceptions of "the others" -- Consequences of Terror -- Silence in the aftermath -- Childhood terror -- Trauma and its after-effects -- Traumatized societies -- Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Varvin, Sverre