9/11 as a Collective Trauma : And Other Essays on Psychoanalysis and Society.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wirth, Hans-Jurgen, author.

Standardized Title:

9/11 as a Collective Trauma (Online)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Psychological aspects.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Giessen : Psychosozial-Verlag, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Annotation Hans Juergen Wirth, a leading German psychoanalyst and editor of the journal Psychosozial, brings cultural breadth, historical perspective, and analytic astuteness to bear in considering the "collective trauma" of 9/11. His meditation, which brings into its compass the psychic structure of suicide bombers and the psycho-political causes and consequences of the Iraq war, is especially insightful in considering the psychological meaning of 9/11 for the world outside the U.S. In complementary forays into psyche and politics, Wirth explores the relationship of xenophobia and violence; the story of Jewish analysts who emigrated from Nazi Germany to the United States; the idea of man in psychoanalysis; and the family dynamics that sustain the AIDS phobia. These wonderfully illuminating essays, both cautionary and constructive, show how clinical experience with the unconscious processes of violence, traumatization, and destructiveness can be foundational to new political strategies for dealing with collective violence.

Contents:

Intro

9/11 AS A COLLECTIVE TRAUMA AND OTHER ESSAYS ON PSYCHOANALYSIS AND SOCIETY

Copyright

Table of Contents

Preface

9/11 as a Collective Trauma

Xenophobia and Violence as a Family and Psychosocial Disease

Emigration, Biography und Psychoanalysis Jewish Psychoanalysts who emigrated to the United States of America

The Idea of Man in Psychoanalysis: Creator of his own Life or Subject to the Dark Instinctual Side of Human Nature?

About Family Dynamics and the AIDS Phobia. A Case Study

Bibliography

Index of Illustrations

Index of previous publications

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-138-87259-8

1-134-91413-X

0-203-78066-3

1-134-91406-7

9780203780664

OCLC:

844924514

Publisher Number:

9780881634341