Franks and Saracens - A Psychoanalytic Study of the Crusades

Franks and Saracens is the first and only book to examine the Crusades from the viewpoint of psychoanalysis, studying the hidden emotions and fantasies that drove the Crusaders and the Muslims to undertake their terrible wars.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Preface
Chapter 1. Us And Them
Chapter 2. Romans, Germans, and Berbers
Chapter 3. Myths of Origin
Chapter 4. The Cross and the Crusades
Chapter 5. The Fantasy of the Holy Roman Empire
Chapter 6. A Short History of the "Saracens"
Chapter 7. The First Crusade: Acting Out Rescue Fantasies
Chapter 8. The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem as a Psychogeographical Fantasy
Chapter 9. The Second Crusade: Persisting Rescue Fantasies
Chapter 10. Templars And Hospitallers: Monastic Knights?
Chapter 11. The "Saracens" Look at The "Franks"
Chapter 12. The Third Crusade: A Lionheart in Search of a Holy Land?
Chapter 13. The Fourth Crusade: "Latin" Christians Kill "Greek" Christians
Chapter 14. The Fifth Crusade: An Invasion of Egypt that Predictably Fails
Chapter 15. The Sixth Crusade: Winning Jerusalem Peacefully
Chapter 16. The Seventh Crusade: The Unhappy War of "Saint Louis"
Chapter 17. The Eighth Crusade: The Tragic Death of "Saint Louis"
Chapter 18. The Ninth Crusade: End of a Two-Century Fantasy
Chapter 19. Trauma in the Crusades
Chapter 20. Aftermath: The End Of A Two-Century Fantasy
Epilogue: "The New Crusaders"
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Dr Avner Falk (born 1943) is an internationally known Israeli clinical psychologist and independent scholar. His scholarly specialty is applied psychoanalysis, including psychohistory, psychobiography, political psychology, and psychogeography. He has published 11 books and dozens of articles. His most recent book is Agnon's Story: A Psychoanalytic Biography of S. Y. Agnon, the winner of the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature (Brill 2018).

Summary

Franks and Saracens is the first and only book to examine the Crusades from the viewpoint of psychoanalysis, studying the hidden emotions and fantasies that drove the Crusaders and the Muslims to undertake their terrible wars.

Product details

• Authors: Avner Falk, Falk Avner
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032863863
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3286386-3
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); HISTORY / Middle East / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, RELIGION / History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Psychology of Religion, Psychotherapy, Colonialism & imperialism, History of Religion, Regional Studies, Social and cultural history, Middle Eastern history, Colonialism and imperialism, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Regional / International studies, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis