Fratricide in the Holy Land : a psychoanalytic view of the Arab-Israeli conflict / Avner Falk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Falk, Avner.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict--Psychological aspects.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Psychoanalysis--Social aspects--Israel.

Psychoanalysis.

Psychoanalysis--Political aspects--Israel.

Israel--Ethnic relations--Psychological aspects.

Israel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 271 p. ) port. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first English-language book ever to apply psychoanalytic knowledge to the understanding of the most intractable international struggle in our world today-the Arab-Israeli conflict. Two ethnic groups fight over a single territory that both consider to be theirs by historical right-essentially a rational matter. But close historical examination shows that the two parties to this tragic conflict have missed innumerable opportunities for a rational partition of the territory between them and for a permanent state of peace and prosperity rather than perennial bloodshed and misery. Falk suggests that a way to understand and explain such irrational matters is to examine the unconscious aspects of the conflict. He examines large-group psychology, nationalism, group narcissism, psychogeography, the Arab and Israeli minds, and suicidal terrorism, and he offers psychobiographical studies of Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat, two key players in this tragic conflict today.

Contents:

A duel in quicksand

A review of the literature

Reality is in the eye of the beholder

Destructive charismatic leadership: the case of Ariel Sharon

Destructive charismatic leadership: the case of Yasser Arafat

Nationalism, narcissism, and the problem of the self

Psychogeography

"Denial is not a river in Egypt"

Splitting, projection, and the need for enemies

War and the inability to mourn

The Arab mind

The psychology of suicide bombers

The Israeli mind.

Conclusion: Can the conflict be resolved?

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-256) and index.

ISBN:

9786612269578

9781282269576

1282269577

9780299202538

0299202534

OCLC:

614483850

Publisher Number:

2027/heb06597 hdl