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1 online resource (171 pages) |
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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 |
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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 |
| 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 psychologica |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
International relations -- Psychological aspects.
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Group identity.
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Social Identification
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group identity.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Group identity
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International relations -- Psychological aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781782412342 |
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1782412344 |
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0429478879 |
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9780429478871 |
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