Description

Established psychoanalytic/psychodynamic researchers and theorists bring the exploration of prejudice to a new level by examining how psychoanalysis might elucidate strategies that will eliminate prejudice.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 2 Prejudice: Conceptual and Universal Dynamics
Chapter 3 From Unmentalized Xenophobia to Messianic Sadism: Some Reflections on the Phenomenology of Prejudice
Chapter 4 Toward Understanding Prejudice - Benign and Malignant
Chapter 5 Terrorism, Fundamentalism and Nihilism: Analyzing the Dilemmas of Modernity
Part 6 Developmental Aspects of Prejudice
Chapter 7 The Development of Prejudice: An Attachment Theory Hypothesis Explaining Its Ubiquity
Chapter 8 Roots of Prejudice: Findings from Observational Research
Chapter 9 Family Development and the Origin of Prejudice
Chapter 10 The Roots of Prejudice in Family Life
Part 11 Malignant Prejudice: Specific Kinds
Chapter 12 Anti-Black Racism and the Conception of Whiteness
Chapter 13 Contemporary Anti-Semitism: Variations on an Ancient Theme
Chapter 14 Religious Prejudice and the Formation of Mormon and Non-Mormon Selves in Utah: A View from Phenomenological Anthropology
Chapter 15 Panel - Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Chapter 16 Prejudice Between Palestinians and Israelis
Chapter 17 Belief Systems, Identity and the Function of Prejudice in Israeli Politics
Part 18 Prejudice: Studies and Prevention Strategies
Chapter 19 A Brief History of Prejudice Studies
Chapter 20 The Prejudices of Everyday Life with Observations from Field Trials
Chapter 21 Germans and Israeli Jews: Hidden Emotional Dynamics
Chapter 22 Malignant Prejudice - Guidelines toward Its Prevention

Product details

Published 19 Jan 2007
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 256
ISBN 9780765704603
Imprint Jason Aronson, Inc.
Dimensions 236 x 159 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Afaf Mahfouz

Anthology Editor

Stuart Twemlow

Anthology Editor

David E. Scharff

Contributor

Salman Akhtar

Contributor

George Awad

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Ira Brenner

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Peter Fonagy

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James Gilligan

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Forrest Hamer

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Anna Higgitt

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David Knowlton

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Henri Parens

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Nadia Ramzy

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Frank Sacco

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Jill Scharff

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Carlo Strenger

Contributor

Shashi Tharoor

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