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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465053003321

Autore

Volkan Vamik D. <1932->

Titolo

Blind trust : large groups and their leaders in times of crisis and terror / / Vamik Volkan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, Virginia : , : Pitchstone Publishing, , [2004]

©2004

ISBN

1-939578-81-7

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Disciplina

302.4

Soggetti

Group identity

Social psychology

Crises - Psychological aspects

Regression (Psychology)

Trust

Civic leaders

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-350) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : from the couch to the negotiating table -- The seven threads of large-group identity -- Regression : plunging back into a world of fear and desire -- Rituals that bind people together -- From Waco to the Bamian Valley -- From the Bamian Valley to the war in Iraq -- "A decisive trifle" -- Force of narcissism -- Leaders as teachers -- Albania : from regression to progression.

Sommario/riassunto

Blind Trust is the culmination of more than three decades of profound immersion in the most pressing sociopolitical conflicts of our time, by the psychoanalyst with probably the most direct experience with such issues of any in the world. Author Vamik Volkan applies his knowledge of depth psychology to the turbulent and destructive human experiences in the current cauldrons of the greatest unrest and disaster throughout Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Illuminating the etiologic bases of war, revolution, massacres, and terror, as these have disturbed the world from ancient times