Revenge

On the Dynamics of a Frightening Urge and its Taming
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-32668-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

The authors in this book focus on revenge as a neglected and insufficiently understood psychological mechanism in a broad spectrum ranging from the many and varied revenge acts of everyday life to the extreme societal destructiveness of genocide. Are perpetrators always avengers? What is the destructive potential of ordinary people? Envy

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bohm, Tomas

Kaplan, Suzanne

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword -- AUTHORS' FOREWORD -- Introduction -- Revenge -- The revenge motif -- The psychology of the revenge spiral-revenge or restoration -- The grey zone between revenge and restoration -- The destructive group -- Revenge on the societal level: large groups, ideologies, and political systems -- Why does the revenge spiral continue? Among victims and perpetrators -- Revenge in everyday life-relationships in couples -- Revenge from a gender perspective: abuse of women -- Extreme collective violence: the example of Rwanda -- Restoration -- Refraining from revenge -- Surviving psychic trauma -- Stopping the revenge spiral -- Restoration and reconciliation

Über Autor(innen)

Tomas Bohm, Suzanne Kaplan