The Psychology of Political Extremism

What Would Sigmund Freud have Thought About Islamic State?

Gabrielle Rifkind (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

100 Seiten

2018
Karnac Books (Verlag)
978-1-78220-663-7 (ISBN)

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Recent terrorist attacks have left the UK (and Europe) genuinely at sea as to how to respond to these distressing events. There are the predictable interpretations with politicians on the right talking about counter-terrorism, harsher punishments and tightening up on the internet, whilst on the political left there is talk about blaming foreign wars. All this analysis is relevant, but insufficient. Politicians are not talking enough about why so many young people are sufficiently angry and alienated that they are prepared to be seduced by the toxic and poisonous ideology of Islamic State.

The Psychology of Political Extremism examines both the politics and the psychology, as well as what motivates people to behave in ways that are so disturbing. Freud is the hook as the founding father of the talking cure. A radical and subversive theorist in his time, he claimed that mankind was influenced more by the inner workings of the mind and internal conflicts than by rational thought.

Gabrielle Rifkind is a practicing psychotherapist and group analyst, and a specialist in conflict resolution. She has spent the past two decades working in conflict resolution in the Middle East.

About the author -- One Freud, the father of psychoanalysis -- Two Can war be avoided? -- Three Religion: the search for a powerful father? -- Four The psychology of terrorism -- Five What can we do? -- References -- Index

Erscheinungsdatum	03.03.2018
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	120 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
ISBN-10	1-78220-663-9 / 1782206639
ISBN-13	978-1-78220-663-7 / 9781782206637
Zustand	Neuware