Israel on the Couch: The Psychology of the Peace Process

by Ofer Grosbard, Vamik D. Volkan (Foreword by)

Overview

Applies clinical pyschology to explain the dynamics of the Middle East peace process.

By applying a clinical psychologist's insight into the Israeli-Arab conflict, Ofer Grosbard lays the foundation for a new theory and practice that espouses the use of clinical tools to promote relations between countries, religions, political parties, cultures, and different identities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780791487464
Publisher:	State University of New York Press
Publication date:	02/01/2012
Series:	SUNY series in Israeli Studies
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	216
File size:	314 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Ofer Grosbard was born in Israel and is a practicing clinical psychologist in the United States. He is the author of A License for Insanity and Arab in His Heart, winner of Book of the Year 2000 by the Hebrew Writers' Association.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Vamik D. Volkan


Preface


Introduction


1. The Jewish People


2. The Dynamic of the Peace Process


The Peace Process: A Business Negotiation or an Emotional Bond?
The Peace Process as a Process of Emotional Growth
Emotional Resistance to the Peace Process
The Whole World Is Against Us
Denial of Aggression and Fear, and Its Price
Is Our Sense of Reality Valid?


3. The Stories We Tell Ourselves, and the World, about Ourselves


The National Anthem


4. Foreign Affairs


Syria
Lebanon
The Palestinian Refugees
A Palestinian State
Murderers or Heroes?


5. The Arabs and Us—an Intersubjective Approach


Arab Insult
Arab Thinking
Speaking to Arabs

6. The Nonconventional Threat


Postscript


Index