The Future of Prejudice: Psychoanalysis and the Prevention of Prejudice

by Afaf Mahfouz (Editor), Stuart Twemlow MD (Editor), David E. Scharff M.D. (Editor), Salman Akhtar MD (Contribution by), George Awad (Contribution by)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461631323
Publisher:	Aronson, Jason Inc.
Publication date:	01/19/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Henri Parens is professor of psychiatry at the Jefferson Medical College, and training and supervising analyst at the psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including two with Jason Aronson: Does God Help: Developmental and Clinical Aspects of Religious Belief, Real and Imaginary Fathers: Development, Transference and Healing, The Development of Aggression in Early Childhood, and Aggression in Our Children: Coping with It Constructively.
Afaf Mahfouz, Ph.D., chairs the International Psychoanalytic Association Committee on the United Nations, a group dedicated to bringing psychoanalysis to the United Nations.
Stuart W. Twemlow, MD is medical director of the Hope Program, director of the Peaceful Schools and Communities Project of The Child and Family Program, The Menninger Clinic; professor of psychiatry of the Menninger Department of Psychiatry&Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine; and faculty member of the Houston-Galveston Psychoanalytic Institute.
David E. Scharff, M. D., co-director of the International Psychotherapy Institute, is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University, and a teaching analyst at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 2 Prejudice: Conceptual and Universal Dynamics
Chapter 3 From Unmentalized Xenophobia to Messianic Sadism: Some Reflections on the Phenomenology of Prejudice
Chapter 4 Toward Understanding Prejudice - Benign and Malignant
Chapter 5 Terrorism, Fundamentalism and Nihilism: Analyzing the Dilemmas of Modernity
Part 6 Developmental Aspects of Prejudice
Chapter 7 The Development of Prejudice: An Attachment Theory Hypothesis Explaining Its Ubiquity
Chapter 8 Roots of Prejudice: Findings from Observational Research
Chapter 9 Family Development and the Origin of Prejudice
Chapter 10 The Roots of Prejudice in Family Life
Part 11 Malignant Prejudice: Specific Kinds
Chapter 12 Anti-Black Racism and the Conception of Whiteness
Chapter 13 Contemporary Anti-Semitism: Variations on an Ancient Theme
Chapter 14 Religious Prejudice and the Formation of Mormon and Non-Mormon Selves in Utah: A View from Phenomenological Anthropology
Chapter 15 Panel - Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Chapter 16 Prejudice Between Palestinians and Israelis
Chapter 17 Belief Systems, Identity and the Function of Prejudice in Israeli Politics
Part 18 Prejudice: Studies and Prevention Strategies
Chapter 19 A Brief History of Prejudice Studies
Chapter 20 The Prejudices of Everyday Life with Observations from Field Trials
Chapter 21 Germans and Israeli Jews: Hidden Emotional Dynamics
Chapter 22 Malignant Prejudice - Guidelines toward Its Prevention

Editorial Reviews

Readers...will find much of interest in The Future of Prejudice.

Patterns Of Prejudice

The content of the chapters is interesting and filled with acute insights....A nice book...full of interesting information.

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease - Harris Chaiklin

The content of the chapters is interesting and filled with acute insights....A nice book...full of interesting information.
— Harris Chaiklin, PhD, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland, School of Social Work

The Journal Of Nervous and Mental Disease