Psychoanalytic Perspective on a Turbulent World

ISBN-13: 9781855758100 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 256 str.

Halina Brunning; Mario Perini

Opis

'This is a much needed book, giving a readable, insightful and constructive perspective on many of today's societal, political and economic ailments. It is my fervent hope that it finds a large readership in the leadership echelons of our society. Whoever reads it will have difficulty putting it down as, the content is gripping.'- Anton Obholzer, psychoanalyst and organisational consultant, formerly director, Tavistock Centre London'At a time when our world badly needs thinking that takes us out of our conventional boxes, these papers bravely and thoughtfully offer new perspectives on key problems. The authors gathered together in this important volume show how terrorism, war, financial crisis, and corporate irresponsibility gain much of their intractable power by drawing on unconscious motives and working through unseen mechanisms. They also help us to understand the extraordinary demands placed on our leaders.- Ken Eisold, former President, ISPSO; founding faculty and former Director, Organization Program, The William Alanson White Institute; award winning author of What You Dont Know You Know

Spis treści

Notes from the Editors -- Invitation to the Drama -- Prologue -- On War and Conflict -- A beam of darkness—understanding the terrorist mind 1 -- "Si vis pacem para bellum" Psychoanalysis, peace education and conflict literacy 1 -- Psychoanalysis and international relationships: Large-group identity, traumas at the hand of the "other," and transgenerational transmission of trauma -- The Financial Crisis and the Disappearing Containers -- Oedipus Rex at Enron: Leadership, Oedipal struggles, and organizational collapse 1 -- Narcissism project and corporate decay: The case of General Motors -- Beneath the financial crisis 1 -- On Leadership and the Illusion of Containment -- A dynamic reading of The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales 1 -- Barack Obama's postpartisan dream: Leadership and the limits of the depressive position -- Images of leadership -- The Epilogue

O autorze

Halina Brunning is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Organizational Consultant and Executive Coach. She has worked in the British and Polish National Health Services as a psychologist, therapist, manager and consultant and published extensively on clinical and organizational issues Her books include 'Executive Coaching: Systems-Psychodynamic Perspective' and 'Psychoanalytic Perspectives on a Turbulent World'. Halina currently works as a freelance coach and consultant and runs her own international coaching practice in Europe. She is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, member of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organisations, OPUS, Association of Coaching and founder member of the Coaching Psychology Forum.