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Throughout human history, the relationships of individuals and groups have been disrupted by what the authors sum up as "demonization," the attribution of basic destructive qualities to the other or to forces within the self. Demonization results in constant suspicion and blame, a systematic disregard of positive events, pressure to eradicate the putative negative persons or forces, and a growing readiness to engage in escalating conflict. Richly illustrated with 24 case stories, this book explores the psychological processes involved in demonization and their implications for the effort to...

Throughout human history, the relationships of individuals and groups have been disrupted by what the authors sum up as "demonization," the attribution of basic destructive qualities to the other or to forces within the self. Demonization results in constant suspicion and blame, a systematic disregard of positive events, pressure to eradicate the putative negative persons or forces, and a growing readiness to engage in escalating conflict. Richly illustrated with 24 case stories, this book explores the psychological processes involved in demonization and their implications for the effort to...

Der Dalai Lama schreibt im Vorwort zu diesem Buch, dass jedes menschliche Wesen nach Gluck verlangt und ein Recht darauf hat. Doch Disharmonie, Streit und Gewalt bringen dem Menschen immer wieder Leid. Unversehens geraten wir in Prozesse der Damonisierung des Anderen, der anderen Gruppe, des anderen Volkes. Wir nehmen das Gegenuber nur noch in negativem Licht wahr, machen es zum Monster, das es mit aller Macht zu bekampfen gilt.Die psychotherapeutisch tatigen Autoren erklaren, wie es dazu kommt, und zeigen - auch anhand uberzeugender Fallbeispiele - Wege der Deeskalation und...

Patients of psychotherapy often have pre-developed, powerful stories about themselves when they come for treatment, and these are usually characterized by bleak self-portrayals, inexorable plots, narrow themes, and demoralizing meanings.