The Future of Prejudice Psychoanalysis and the Prevention of Prejudice

by Mahfouz, Afaf; Twemlow, Stuart; Scharff, David E.,; Akhtar, Salman; Awad, George; Brenner, Ira; Fonagy, Peter; Gilligan, James; Hamer, Forrest; Higgitt, Anna; Knowlton, David; Mann-Shalvi, Hanna; Parens, Henri,; Ramzy, Nadia; Sacco, Frank; Scharff, David

• ISBN13: 9780765704603
• ISBN10: 0765704609
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-19
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Prejudice: Conceptual and Universal Psychodynamics
From Unmentalized Xenophobia to Messianic Sadism: Some Reflections on the Phenomenology of Prejudice	p. 7
Toward Understanding Prejudice-Benign and Malignant	p. 21
Terrorism, Fundamentalism, and Nihilism: Analyzing the Dilemmas of Modernity	p. 37
Developmental Aspects of Prejudice
The Development of Prejudice: An Attachment Theory Hypothesis Explaining Its Ubiquity	p. 63
The Roots of Prejudice: Findings from Observational Research	p. 81
Family as the Link between Individual and Social Origins of Prejudice	p. 97
The Roots of Prejudice in Family Life and Its Political Significance as Discerned in a Study of Slobodan Milosevic	p. 111
Malignant Prejudice: Specific Kinds
Anti-Black Racism and the Conception of Whiteness	p. 131
Contemporary Anti-Semitism: Variations on an Ancient Theme	p. 141
Religious Prejudice and the Formation of Mormon and Non-Mormon Selves in Utah: A View from a Phenomenological Anthropology	p. 163
Panel-Aspects of Prejudice in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Brief Introductory Comment	p. 177
Prejudice between Palestinians and Israelis	p. 181
Belief Systems, Identity, and the Function of Prejudice in Israeli Politics	p. 201
Prejudice: Studies and Prevention Strategies
A Brief History of Prejudice Studies	p. 219
The Prejudices of Everyday Life, with Observations from Field Trials	p. 237
Germans and Israeli Jews: Hidden Emotional Dynamics	p. 255
Malignant Prejudice-Guidelines toward Its Prevention	p. 269
Bibliography	p. 291
Index	p. 313
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