The future of prejudice : psychoanalysis and the prevention of prejudice / edited by Henri Parens [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parens, Henri, 1928-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prejudices.

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland ; Plymouth, England : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Established psychoanalytic/psychodynamic researchers and theorists bring the exploration of prejudice to a new level by examining how psychoanalysis might elucidate strategies that will eliminate prejudice.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General, United Nations; Part 1: Prejudice: Conceptual and Universal Psychodynamics; 1. From Unmentalized Xenophobia to Messianic Sadism: Some Reflections on the Phenomenology of Prejudice Salman Akhtar, M.D., FACPsa; 2. Toward Understanding Prejudice-Benign and Malignant Henri Parens, M.D., FACPsa; 3. Terrorism, Fundamentalism, and Nihilism: Analyzing the Dilemmas of Modernity James Gilligan, M.D.; Part 2: Developmental Aspects of Prejudice

4. The Development of Prejudice: An Attachment Theory Hypothesis Explaining Its Ubiquity Peter Fonagy, Ph.D., F.B.A., and Anna Higgitt, M.D., FRCPsych5. The Roots of Prejudice: Findings from Observational Research Henri Parens, M.D., FACPsa; 6. Family as the Link between Individual and Social Origins of Prejudice David E. Scharff, M.D., and Jill Savege Scharff M.D.; 7. The Roots of Prejudice in Family Life and Its Political Significance as Discerned in a Study of Slobodan Milosevic Hans-Jügen Wirth, Ph.D.; Part 3: Malignant Prejudice: Specific Kinds

8. Anti-Black Racism and the Conception of Whiteness Forrest M. Hatnel, Ph.D.9. Contemporary Anti-Semitism: Variations on an Ancient Theme Ira Brenner, M.D.; 10. Religious Prejudice and the Formation of Mormon and Non-Mormon Selves in Utah: A View from a Phenomenological Anthropology David Clark Knowlton, Ph.D.; Panel-Aspects of Prejudice in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Brief Introductory Comment Nadia Ranzy, Ph.D.; 11. Prejudice between Palestinians and Israelis George Awad, M.D.; 12. Belief Systems, Identity, and the Function of Prejudice in Israeli Politics Carlo Strenger, Ph.D.

Part 4: Prejudice: Studies and Prevention Strategies13. A Brief History of Prejudice Studies Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, Ph.D.; 14. The Prejudices of Everyday Life, with Observations from Field Trials Stuart W. Twenlow, M.D., and Frank Sacco, Ph.D.; 15. Germans and Israeli Jews: Hidden Emotional Dynamics Hanni Mann-Shalvi, MSW, Ph.D.; 16. Malignant Prejudice-Guidelines toward Its Prevention Henri Parens, M.D., FACPsa; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7657-0460-9

1-4616-3132-7

OCLC:

858229884