UID:
almahu_9949383281902882
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 186 pages)
ISBN:
9781317593041
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1317593049
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9781315744742
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1315744740
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9781315744742
Content:
Everyday Evils" takes a psychoanalytic look at the evils committed by "ordinary" people in different contexts - from the Nazi concentration camps, to Stockholm Syndrome, to the atrocities publicized by Islamic State- and presents new perspectives on how such evil deeds come about as well as the extreme ways in which we deny the existence of evil. Concepts of group behaviour, morality, trauma, and forgiveness are reconsidered within a multi-disciplinary framework. The psychodynamics of dissociation, and the capacity to witness evil acts while participating in them, raise questions about the origin of morality, and about the role of the observing ego in maintaining psychic equilibrium. Coline Covington examines how we demonize the "other" and how violent actions become normalized within communities, such as during the Rwandan genocide and Polish pogroms. The recent attraction of the millenarian theocracy of the Islamic State also highlights our fascination with violence and death. Covington emphasizes that evil comes about through a variety of causes and is highly contextual. It is our capacity to acknowledge the evils we live with, witness and commit that is vital to how we manage and respond to violence within ourselves and others and in mitigating our innate destructiveness. In conclusion, the book addresses how individuals and societies come to terms with evil, along with the problematic concept of forgiveness and the restoration of good
Note:
Introduction -- Evil and destructiveness: a psychoanalytic view -- Hannah Arendt: evil and the eradication of thought -- Invisible handcuffs: the psychodynamics of capture-bonding -- The origin of morality -- Witnessing evil -- Demonization and mass killing: the other as evil -- The problem of forgiveness and reparation in the aftermath of evil -- The Islamic State and the glory of death -- Do we need a theory of evil? -- Conclusion.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Covington, Coline, 1953- Everyday evils. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017 ISBN 9781138819191
Language:
English
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https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315744742
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https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781317593041
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