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War is not inevitable : on the psychology of war and aggression /

In 1932 Einstein asked Freud, 'Is there any way of delivering mankind from the menace of war?' Freud answered that war is inevitable because humans have an instinct to self-destroy, a death instinct which we must externalize to survive. But nearly four decades of study of aggression reveal...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Parens, Henri, 1928-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Freud's answer to Einstein was wrong
  • The problem with Freud's answer to Einstein's "why war?"
  • Why I say Freud's answer was "wrong"
  • Part II. Conscious and unconscious psychological determinants of human conflict
  • Human narcissism
  • Pathways from narcissism to human conflict
  • Determinants of prejudice
  • Part III. Reactivities, explanations and rationalizations
  • Conflict-causing human reactivities
  • Post-conflict human reactivities
  • Explanations and rationalizations
  • Part IV. What we can do: directions old and new
  • What we can do: part 1
  • What we can do: part 2
  • Addendum: Freud's evolving theory of aggression.