Victimhood, vengefulness, and the culture of forgiveness /
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| Imprint: | Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, 2010. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 216 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Psychiatry - theory, applications, and treatments Psychiatry- theory, applications, and treatments series. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11246392 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : personal motivations, how this book came into being?
- Victimhood as psychopathology : diagnosis and interpretation point of view
- Victimhood as a plea for acknowledgement and justice : the emphatic point of view
- Victimhood : sociopolitical implications
- The common negative reaction towards vengeful wishes
- Placing revenge in a continuum from normal to pathological
- The sociopolitical aspect of processing vengeful wishes
- Aggression and its aftermath : trans-generational transmission of negative feelings prejudices, myths enmity
- Trauma and reparation : the healing potential of psychodynamic understanding and therapeutic approach
- To overcome conflicts : creating space for compassion, empathy and forgiveness in the process of reconciliation.