Religious hatred and human conflict : psychodynamic approaches to insight and intervention /: psychodynamic approaches to insight and intervention. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrew Floyer Acland.
• Authors: Acland, Andrew Floyer
• Contents: PART 1: Contexts and cultures Chapter 1: Beginning, background and biases Chapter 2: Three backstories Conflict resolution and transformation The psychology of religion Psychodynamic psychology Inspirational beginnings: Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung Rehabilitating Jung Beyond Freud and Jung PART 2: What is religious hatred? Chapter 3: Thinking about religious hatred Anatomies of hatred Hatred and evolution Hatred and the Other From hatred to genocide Hatred and thoughtcrime Religion and hatred as addictions Chapter 4: Psychodynamic approaches to religious hatred Complexes Complexes and religious traditions Cultural complexes The Shadow Complexes and Shadows in transmission PART 3: Religious hatred and the dimensions of religion Chapter 5: Six dimensions of religion Dimensions of religion The dimensions of religion, religious hatred and the problem of evil Chapter 6: The identity dimension Religion and identity Conflicting religious identities and the idea of the "Other" The narcissism of small differences The Persona, the Shadow and the Other Chapter 7: The doctrine and practice dimension Religious doctrine and the Golem Effect Fundamentalism Fundamentalism, hatred and violence The psychology of fundamentalist doctrine and practice Groups and group practices Fundamentalism as a form of cultural complex Chapter 8: The emotional and experiential dimension The missing dimension Marks of religious experience Emotions and religious experience The psychology of religious experience Religious hatred and the Divided Self Healing the Divided Self Religious hatred as the failure to individuate Hatred and the Self Chapter 9: The mythological dimension Approaching mythology Social impacts of myth Impacts of myth on individuals Mythology and religious hatred Modern myths Cosmic wars When myth leads to martyrdom The psychology of Armageddon Mythmaking and scapegoating Chapter 10: The sacred values dimension The nature of sacred values Sacred values and personal motivation Valuing sacred values Pseudo-sacred values Secular values that turn sacred Sacred values and religious hatred Sacred values and uncertainty Chapter 11: The power and control dimension The impetus to control Constraints as control Compensatory control Terror Management Theory From control to paranoia Control through clericalism Evolution of religious control PART 4: Working through religious hatred Chapter 12: The search for answers Understanding religion Appreciating the emotional and unconscious Beyond dialogue Re-framing religious hatred as a psychospiritual problem Incorporating the transcendent function The practicalities of conflict resolution: dialogue and diapraxis Diapraxis: process and structures Using the dimensions of religion as a structure for dialogue and diapraxis Afterword References Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (195 pages)
• Subjects: 305.6; Religious tolerance -- Psychological aspects; Religious discrimination -- Psychological aspects; Social conflict; Interpersonal conflict; Conflict management
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000931785
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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