Victimhood, vengefulness, and the culture of forgiveness
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hauppauge, N.Y. :
Nova Science Publishers,
2010.
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| Series: | Psychiatry- theory, applications, and treatments series.
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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.