Before and After Violence: Developmental, Clinical, and Sociocultural Aspects

Before and After Violence: Developmental, Clinical, and Sociocultural Aspects

Before and After Violence: Developmental, Clinical, and Sociocultural Aspects

Before and After Violence: Developmental, Clinical, and Sociocultural Aspects

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Overview

From childhood onwards, humans use their environment’s responses to construct models or schemata to link feelings and impulses with actions and effects. If the environment during those formative years is unreliable, frustrating, or violating, the construction of those internal models can be disrupted and create a disjointed perception of the world, where violence is the only way to feel strong or good about oneself. Before and After Violence explores the complex network of experiences and relationships that contribute to both the origins and consequences of violence, starting in the early stages of life and compounding over time. The contributors to this collection examine the different settings in which violence takes place, look at the variables that propel its occurrence in local and global instances, and depict how each can be traced back to profound feelings of betrayal, helplessness, and anger that manifest in the physical discharges of aggression towards a single person or a whole group. Through a psychoanalytic lens, the contributors analyze and explain violence in its many forms, delve into its myriad of causes, as well as offer a variety of solutions that can be applied to various instances of violence whether it be physical or mental, self-directed or other-directed.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781498568586
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication date: 12/18/2017
Series: Margaret S. Mahler
Pages: 166
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Salman Akhtar, MD, is professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and training and supervising analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Realm of Violence: An Overview by Salman Akhtar and Shawn Blue Chapter 2: Learning the Difference between Hate and Violence by Kerry Kelly Novick Chapter 3: Rage, Violence, and Terrorism by Ann G Smolen Chapter 4: Gods Do Not Negotiate: A Psycho-Historical Look at Terrorism by Vamik Volkan, Chapter 5: The Roles of Essentialism and Religion as Scaffolds to Terrorism: Some Psycho-historical Considerations by Vincenzo Sanguineti Chapter 6: Hateful Feelings in the Transference and Countertransference by Aisha Abbasi Chapter 7: From Rage to Obliteration: Prejudice in the Analytic Dyad by Suzanne Benser Chapter 8: Experience-generated Hostile Destructiveness Fuels Hate, Violence, and Terrorism: a Concluding Commentary by Henri Parens
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