Understanding Evil: A Psychotherapist's Guide

ISBN-13: 9780815392286 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 204 str.

Lionel Corbett

Opis

In this book, Lionel Corbett describes the complexity of the problem of evil, as well as many of our current approaches to understanding it, in ways that are helpful to the practicing psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, or Jungian analyst.

Spis treści

Preface. What is evil? Can we understand evil? The approach of social science to evil. Psychoanalytic approaches to evil. Jung on evil. Biological factors that predispose to evil. Religious, mythological, and philosophical views of evil. Psychological aspects of terrorism. Is evil part of human nature?

O autorze

Lionel Corbett is a psychiatrist and Jungian analyst in private practice, and professor of depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute, USA. His main professional interests are the religious function of the psyche and the interface of Jungian and psychoanalytic psychology, and his previous books include The Religious Function of the Psyche (Routledge).