ISBN:
0470019360
,
047071316X
,
9780470019368
,
9780470713167
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (viii, 405 p)
Edition:
2nd ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version From Pain to Violence : The Traumatic Roots of Destructiveness
DDC:
303.6
Keywords:
Violence Psychological aspects
;
Psychic trauma
;
Attachment behavior
;
Aggressiveness
;
Object Attachment
;
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic psychology
;
Violence psychology
;
Psychisches Trauma
;
Aggressivität
;
Posttraumatisches Stresssyndrom
Abstract:
Defines "violence" as distinct from "aggression", and attempts to trace its origins, highlighting the polarization between those who believe mankind to be innately violent and those who see violence as the outcome of man's life experiences. This second edition includes a chapter on terrorism
Abstract:
Violence is all around us; yet, despite its widespread prevalence, we remain unclear about its causes. In this book Felicity de Zulueta - begins by defining "violence" as distinct from "aggression", and then attempts to trace its origins, highlighting the polarization between those who believe mankind to be innately violent and those who see violence as the outcome of man's life experiences. As a result of her investigations, the author suggests that the current high level of violence may well be linked to the effects of childhood and adult trauma which appear to be far more widespread than ha
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I: ATTACHMENT GONE WRONG; 1: A Case of Violence; 2: The Myth of Original Sin and the Death Instinct; 3: Aggression and Violence; 4: From Attunement to Attachment and the Trauma of Loss; 5: The Psychobiological Roots of Violence; 6: Secure and Insecure Attachments in the Formation of the Self; 7: Self and Other; 8: In Defence of the Self; PART II: THE PSYCHOBIOLOGY OF TRAUMA; 9: The Unspeakable: Child Sexual Abuse; 10: Psychological Trauma and Attachment; 11: From Psychological Trauma to Violence and Psychiatric Illness
Description / Table of Contents:
PART III: THE PREVALENCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA12: Cultures and Violence; 13: The Dehumanisation of the 'Other'; 14: The Traumatic Origins of Legitimate Violence; 15: Love and Hate; Epilogue: And What About Terrorism?; References; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1002/9780470713167
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