Mind, Culture, and Global Unrest
Karnac Books (Verlag)
978-1-78220-067-3 (ISBN)
In this compact and pithy book, the distinguished and prolific psychoanalyst Salman Akhtar steps out of his consulting room to address certain matters of urgent global concern. These include migration across national borders, the current refugee crisis, ethno-racial prejudice, subjective distress of minorities, and, above all, the forever-present ominous shadow of terrorism. Akhtar evolves and advocates a uniquely 'anthropological psychoanalysis' which is a blend of depth psychology and humanities, including sociology, economics, political science, history, and , of course, anthropology. He deconstructs what seems self-evident and confronts his readers with some socio-politically unpleasant realities, both within psychoanalysis and in the prevalent perspectives on the on-going turmoil and bloodshed in today's world. His book is not all doom and gloom, however. It also delineates ameliorative strategies for dealing with the pain of the disenfranchised and the misguided violence of the radicalized. This is applied psychoanalysis at its best.
Salman Akhtar, MD, was born in India and completed his medical and psychiatric education there. Upon arriving in the USA in 1973, he repeated his psychiatric training at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and then obtained psychoanalytic training from the Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute. Currently, he is Professor of Psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and a training and supervising analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. He has authored, edited or co-edited more than 300 publications including books on psychiatry and psychoanalysis and several collections of poetry. He is also a Scholar-in-Residence at the Inter-Act Theatre Company in Philadelphia. Salman Akhtar received the Sigourney Award in 2012.
INTRODUCTION
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER ONE Culture and psychoanalysis: theory and technique
CURRENT GLOBAL UNREST
CHAPTER TWO Religion, politics, and migration across national borders
CHAPTER THREE The mental pain of minorities
CHAPTER FOUR Racial, religious, and ethnic prejudice
CHAPTER FIVE The current wave of terrorism
CHAPTER SIX The ultimate abyss of dehumanization
EPILOGUE
CHAPTER SEVEN Culture and psychoanalysis: education and training
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 13.2.2018 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 147 x 230 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78220-067-3 / 1782200673 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78220-067-3 / 9781782200673 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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