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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807837003321

Autore

Parens Henri <1928->

Titolo

War is not inevitable : on the psychology of war and aggression / / Henri Parens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-9786-X

0-7391-9529-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 p.)

Disciplina

303.6/6

Soggetti

War - Causes

War - Psychological aspects

Aggressiveness - Psychological aspects

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; References; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Notes; I: FREUD'S ANSWER TO EINSTEIN WAS WRONG; 1 The Problem with Freud's Answer to Einstein's "Why War?"; Reflecting on the 1932 Einstein-Freud Correspondence; Notes; 2 Why I Say Freud's Answer Was "Wrong"; How I Came to Doubt the Death-Instinct Basis of Aggression; The Challenge to the then-Current Theory of Aggression; Developing an Alternative Psychoanalytic Theory of Aggression; The Outcome (for this Investigator) of Continuing Longitudinal Observation

Brief Review of Selected Psychoanalysis-Relevant Models of AggressionIs the Death-Instinct-Based Aggression Theory Wrong?; What Is the Comparative Heuristic Value of Each Theory?; Where to From Here?; Notes; II: CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF HUMAN CONFLICT; 3 Human Narcissism; Comments Following on Freud's Thoughts about Narcissism; Primary Narcissism; The Altriciality of the Human Infant; From Primary Narcissism to Secondary Narcissism; The Investment of Emotional Value (Libido) in Others; Secondary Narcissism; Injury to Narcissism

Narcissism Is a Living Dynamic of a "Group" as It Is of an "Individual"Notes; 4 Pathways from Narcissism to Human Conflict; The Cyclicity of



Hyper-Narcissism and Narcissistic Injury in Human Conflict; Narcissism Generates and Narcissism Destroys; The Necessary and Precarious Condition of Narcissism in Humans; Notes; 5 Conflict-Causing Human Reactivities; Homo sapiens Begins Life in Utter Helplessness and Dependence; The Need for Power; Greed; Libidinal Insufficiency Syndrome; Envy; The Need to Blame Others; The Need for Enemies; Revenge; Notes

III: REACTIVITIES, EXPLANATIONS, AND RATIONALIZATIONS6 Psychological Determinants of Prejudice; A Model of Prejudice; From Correlations of Child Rearing and Aggression Profiles to the Study of Prejudice; Normal Developmental Factors that Make Us All Prejudiced; The Large Dilemma Created in the Child by His Ambivalence toward His Parents; The Hostilification of Benign Prejudice; Knowing Key Factors that Lead to Malignant Prejudice Can Inform Strategies toward Its Prevention; There are Ways to Lessen the Generation of Hostile Destructiveness in Humans; Society Can Helpfully Intervene

Large Group Traumas Often become Key Generators of Malignant PrejudiceSome Group Processes that Foster Hostile and Malignant Prejudice; Key Obstacles that Stand in Our Way; Notes; 7 Post-Conflict Human Reactivities; Critical Dynamics of Post-Conflict Reactivities; World War I; World War II; Notes; 8 Explanations and Rationalizations; Chris Hedges's "War . . . Gives Us Meaning"; Franco Fornari's The Psychoanalysis of War; Notes; IV: WHAT WE CAN DO: DIRECTIONS OLD AND NEW; 9 What We Can Do-Part One; Are We Better Off than We Were?; We Create the Conflicts

We are the Only Ones Who Can Solve Them Constructively

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>In this book, author Henri Parens discusses and documents the core psychodynamics that lead groups to war. Detailing some of the psychodynamics that led from World War I to World War II and their respective aftermath, Parens addresses how major factors that gave rise to these wars must, can, and have been counteracted. </span></span>



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910882886703321

Autore

Rajagopal Desikacharya

Titolo

Unmasking Invisible Challenges in Entrepreneurship : Five Game Changer Models / / by Rajagopal, Ananya Rajagopal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024

ISBN

9783031636530

3031636538

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies of Entrepreneurship and Social Challenges in Developing Economies, , 2731-6882

Altri autori (Persone)

RajagopalAnanya

Disciplina

338.04

Soggetti

Entrepreneurship

New business enterprises

Management

International economic integration

Globalization

Emerging Markets and Globalization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Part-I: At the Grassroots -- Chapter 1: The Genesis -- Chapter 2: Contextualizing Entrepreneurship with Society and Business -- Part-II: Planning the Transformation -- Chapter 3: The Game Analytics -- Chapter 4: The Game Changer Models -- Part-III: The Synergy -- Chapter 5: Synchronizing Transitional Pace.

Sommario/riassunto

Synchronizing entrepreneurship with the changing technology and market is a major challenge in developing countries. Thinking of transformation, planning, and implementation needs a linear path connecting entrepreneurial orientation, governance, and performance. Suggested transformational models in this book connect all dots to rethink, revamp, and rebuild entrepreneurship at the grassroots. A must read for all… Marcus Goncalves, PhD, Associate Professor and Co-chair, Administrative Sciences Department, Metropolitan College, Boston University, USA The biggest risk among entrepreneurs is the not taking the risk…and the risk is of transformation. This book offers core



change models appropriate to drive new vision in entrepreneurial transformation process. Discussions in the book are backed by the comprehensive illustrations and logical flows that holds policy-makers, educators, and entrepreneurs abreast to conceive new insights… a far vision… Professor Edgar González Olea, Dean of Business and Economics Division, Anahuac University, Mexico This book discusses five critical game changer models linking local area transfer of technology to revamp innovation for social entrepreneurship for growth and acceleration, social ubiquity, and global accessibility of markets to entrepreneurship in a digital interface. This book conceptualizes game changer models and argues that they play significant role in entrepreneurial development as a critical component of social and economic evolution in the current innovation and technology ecosystems. Rajagopal is Distinguished Professor of Marketing at EGADE Business School of Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico and Visiting Professor at Boston University, USA. He has to his credit several books and research papers published in refereed international journals. The President of India conferred the Overseas Indian Award (Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Award) to Dr Rajagopal in 2023 for outstanding contribution in the field of Education. Ananya Rajagopal is Research Professor at Universidad Anahuac, Mexico. She has published several research papers in international refereed journals and five books in in the field of entrepreneurship. She has contributed chapters in several edited books and participated in reputed international conferences.