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Aggression : from fantasy to action
Title
Aggression : from fantasy to action / edited by Paul Williams.
ISBN
9781855758919
1855758911
Published
London : Karnac Books, c2011.
Physical Description
xx, 234 p. ; 23 cm.
Summary
This book is a result of the 2nd International Psychoanalytic Conference: "Aggression: From Fantasy to Action", held in May 2010. It contains papers that were delivered to the conference, together with edited summaries of discussions from the floor that followed each paper. What was noticeable from the outset of the conference was the intensity of focus on understanding the origins of aggression and violence, from a psychoanalytic perspective.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 19, 2011
Series
Psychoanalytic ideas
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface / Paul Williams
Introduction / Philip McGarry
Ch. 1. The nature and function of aggression / Donald Campbell
Discussion of Donald Campbell's paper
Ch. 2. Which violence and whose violence? Questions arising in the psychotherapy of aggressive children / Anne Alvarez
Discussion of Ann Alvarez's paper
Ch. 3. Violence to body and mind: treating patients who have killed / Carine Minnie
Discussion of Carine Minnie's paper
Ch. 4. The interpretation of violence / James Gilligan
Discussion of James Gilligan's paper
Ch. 5. From action to communication: the transformation of aggression in childhood / Marie Zaphiriou Woods
Ch. 6. Aggression and violence in adolescence / Marianne Parsons
Discussion of Marianne Parsons' paper
Ch. 7. The preverse fascination of destructiveness / Paola Capozzi and Franco De Masi
Discussion of Paola Capozzi and Franco De Masi's paper
Ch. 8. Aggression: social and political aspects / Lord Alderdice
Discussion of Lord Alderdice's paper
Ch. 9. Plenary session / Chair, Brian Martindale
Closing remarks by Philip McGarry.
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Conference proceedings.
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