Unlocking the Nature of Human Aggression - A Psychoanalytic and Neuroscientific Approach

Unlocking the Nature of Human Aggression is a neuropsychoanalytic and scientific exploration of aggression and argues for its central role in psychopathology and the genesis of individual symptoms, as well as in broader systemic conflicts and violence.

List of contents

Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Freud’s Incomplete Theory Chapter 2: The Development of Subject – "I" Chapter 3: Beyond the Pleasure Principle Chapter 4: Science and the Psyche Chapter 5: Perversion of the Inner Guardian Chapter 6: Geopolitics Meets Freud Chapter 7: A Unifying Theory – Symptoms and Implications Chapter 8: Concluding Comments

About the author

Dr. Adrian Perkel (M.A. Clin. Psych.; D.Phil.) is a registered practising clinical psychologist based in Cape Town. Since 1989, he has been lecturing, writing, supervising other professionals, and practicing psychotherapy. His work is deeply informed by psychoanalysis and neuroscience.

Summary

Unlocking the Nature of Human Aggression is a neuropsychoanalytic and scientific exploration of aggression and argues for its central role in psychopathology and the genesis of individual symptoms, as well as in broader systemic conflicts and violence.

Product details

• Authors: Adrian Perkel
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.12.2023
• EAN: 9781032590066
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3259006-6
• No. of pages: 198
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Neurosciences, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis, psychopathology;neuropsychoanalytic;Human Aggression