Everyday Evils - A Psychoanalytic View of Evil and Morality

Everyday Evils takes a psychoanalytic look at the evils committed by "ordinary" people in different contexts - from the Nazi concentration camps, to Stockholm Syndrome, to the atrocities publicized by Islamic State- and presents new perspectives on how such evil deeds come about as well as the extreme ways in which we deny the existence of evil.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Evil and Destructiveness: A Psychoanalytic View
Chapter 2: Hannah Arendt: Evil and the Eradication of Thought
Chapter 3: Invisible Handcuffs: The Psychodynamics of Capture-Bonding
Chapter 4: The Origin of Morality
Chapter 5: Witnessing Evil
Chapter 6: Demonization and Mass Killing: The Other as Evil
Chapter 7: The Problem of Forgiveness and Reparation in the Aftermath of Evil
Chapter 8: The Islamic State and the Glory of Death
Chapter 9: Do We Need a Theory of Evil?
Conclusion

About the author

Coline Covington is a Jungian analyst in private practice in London. She previously worked as a consultant to local authorities and the Metropolitan Police in the UK on juvenile justice policy. She is former Chair of the British Psychoanalytic Council and a Fellow of International Dialogue Initiative.

Summary

Everyday Evils takes a psychoanalytic look at the evils committed by "ordinary" people in different contexts – from the Nazi concentration camps, to Stockholm Syndrome, to the atrocities publicized by Islamic State– and presents new perspectives on how such evil deeds come about as well as the extreme ways in which we deny the existence of evil.

Product details

• Authors: Coline Covington, Coline (Is Assistant Clinical Professor Covington, Covington Coline
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2016
• EAN: 9781138819207
• ISBN: 978-1-138-81920-7
• No. of pages: 186
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; RELIGION / Ethics, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, PHILOSOPHY / Good & Evil, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Religious ethics, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis