History and Psychoanalysis in the Columbus Centre - The Meaning of Evil

This book draws on a range of key archives and oral testimonies to provide the first systematic and historical study of the origins, context, development, frustrations, inner contradictions, and legacies of the Columbus Centre.

List of contents

Introduction: Towards the study of the scourge 1. To be an Eichmann is less rare than to be a saint: Psychoanalysis and the Columbus Centre 2. This Age of Unenlightened Despotism: Modernity, class, and the Columbus Centre 3. A Latent Possibility in all Mankind: Race, comparison, and the Columbus Centre 4. If you are looking for a witch, you are looking for a woman: Gender and the Columbus Centre. Epilogue: A numbing inner awareness

About the author

Danae Karydaki is a modern historian interested in psychoanalysis, gender, institutions, and post-war social history, currently working as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Thessaly, Greece and the Research Centre for the Humanities, Athens, Greece.

Summary

This book draws on a range of key archives and oral testimonies to provide the first systematic and historical study of the origins, context, development, frustrations, inner contradictions, and legacies of the Columbus Centre.

Product details

• Authors: Danae Karydaki, Danae (Research Centre for the Humanitie Karydaki
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.12.2023
• EAN: 9780367186364
• ISBN: 978-0-367-18636-4
• No. of pages: 242
• Series: Routledge Studies in Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, HISTORY / General, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Fascism & Nazism, Second World War, The Holocaust, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Modern warfare, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Russia / General