Psychoanalysis of Evil Perspectives on Destructive Behavior

For all our knowledge of psychopathology and sociopathology--and despite endless examinations of abuse and torture, mass murder and genocide--we still don't have a real handle on why evil exists, where it derives from, or why it is so ubiquitous. A compelling synthesis of diverse schools of tho...

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Autor principal: Kellerman, Henry (-)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2014.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Springer eBooks.
SpringerBriefs in Psychology.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b43714109*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I: Evil: Discussion I - The Garden
  • Entering the domain of evil
  • The nature of the Serpent in Paradise: Who or what is the Serpent?
  • Theological references to evil
  • Philosophical references to evil
  • Psychoanalytic references to evil
  • Part II: Discussion II - Individuals and Societies
  • Hitler and genocide
  • Stalin and genocide
  • Turkey's genocide against Armenians
  • Sample of other 20th century genocides: Bangladeshi, Cambodian and Rwandan.