Psychoanalysis, international relations, and diplomacy : a sourcebook on large-group psychology / by Vamik D. Volkan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Volkan, Vamik D., 1932- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relation.

Psychoanalysis.

Psychology, Applied.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (171 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2018].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The author has three goals in writing this book. The first is to explore large-group identity such as ethnic identity, diplomacy, political propaganda, terrorism and the role of leaders in international affairs. The second goal is to describe societal and political responses to trauma at the hands of the Other, large-group mourning, and the appearance of the history of ancestors and its consequences. The third goal is to expand theories of large-group psychology in its own right and define concepts illustrating what happens when tens of thousands or millions of people share similar psychological journeys. The author is a psychoanalyst who has been involved in unofficial diplomacy for thirty-five years. His interdisciplinary team has brought "enemy" representatives, such as Israelis and Arabs, Russians and Estonians, Georgians and South Ossetians, together for dialogue. He has spent time in refugee camps and met many world leaders.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; FOREWORD Psychoanalysis and political conflict: is psychoanalysis relevant?; ABOUT THIS BOOK; CHAPTER ONE Diplomats and psychoanalysts; CHAPTER TWO Large-group identity, shared prejudice, chosen glories, and chosen traumas; CHAPTER THREE Entitlement ideologies; CHAPTER FOUR The Crusades, the fall of Constantinople, and the "Megali Idea"; CHAPTER FIVE Traumatised large groups, societal shifts, and transgenerational transmissions; CHAPTER SIX Large-group regression and progression; CHAPTER SEVEN Unending mourning and memorials

CHAPTER EIGHT Political leaders' personalitiesCHAPTER NINE Reactivation of a chosen trauma; CHAPTER TEN Intertwining old "memories" and affects with current ones; CHAPTER ELEVEN Political propaganda, suicide bombers, and terrorism; CHAPTER TWELVE "Unofficial" diplomacy and psychoanalytic large-group psychology; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 24, 2014).

ISBN:

0-429-91787-2

0-429-90364-2

0-429-47887-9

1-78241-234-4

9780429478871

OCLC:

873140871