The Psychology of Political Extremism: What Would Sigmund Freud Have Thought about Islamic State?

ISBN-13: 9781782206637 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 100 str.

Rifkind, Gabrielle

Opis

The Psychology of Political Extremism examines both the politics and the psychology, as well as what motivates people to behave in ways that are so disturbing. Freud is the hook as the founding father of the talking cure.

Spis treści

About the author -- One Freud, the father of psychoanalysis -- Two Can war be avoided? -- Three Religion: the search for a powerful father? -- Four The psychology of terrorism -- Five What can we do? -- References -- Index

O autorze

Gabrielle Rifkind is a practicing psychotherapist and group analyst, and a specialist in conflict resolution. She has spent the past two decades working in conflict resolution in the Middle East.