The Future of Prejudice

Psychoanalysis and the Prevention of Prejudice

Contributions by Salman Akhtar professor of psychiatry, George Awad, Ira Brenner, Peter Fonagy head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, UCL; CEO, Anna Fr, James Gilligan, Forrest Hamer, Anna Higgitt, David Knowlton, Hanna Mann-Shalvi, Henri Parens MD, professor of Psychiat, Nadia Ramzy, Frank Sacco, David E. Scharff International Psychotherapy Institute and the IPA Committee on Family and C, Jill Scharff, Carlo Strenger, Shashi Tharoor, Stuart W. Twemlow MD, Baylor College of Med, Hans-Jurgen Wirth, Elizabeth Young-Bruehl Edited by Afaf Mahfouz, Stuart Twemlow University College, Londo, David E. Scharff International Psychotherapy Institute and the IPA Committee on Family and C

Publication date:

19 January 2007

Length of book:

256 pages

Publisher

Jason Aronson, Inc.

Dimensions:

236x159mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9780765704603

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.

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

The content of the chapters is interesting and filled with acute insights....A nice book...full of interesting information.