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From Pain to Violence The Traumatic Roots of Destructiveness

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ISBN-10: 0470019360

ISBN-13: 9780470019368

Edition: 2nd 2006

Authors: Felicity de Zulueta

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Violence is all around us creating a climate of insecurity and terror but, despite its widespread prevalence, we remain unclear about its causes.Felicity de Zulueta challenges the view that we are innately violent and argues that violence is a preventable condition that usually begins at home. Here she explores how pain, particularly the pain of humiliation, resulting from either childhood abuse or subsequent adult traumatisation, can lead to violence. For the second edition, this important text has been fully updated and now includes a valuable analysis of terrorism. Using vivid clinical vignettes to bring theoretical arguments to life, this edition explores key areas such as:latest…    
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Book details

List price: $65.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/16/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.298

Introduction
Acknowledgements
Attachment Gone Wrong
A Case of Violence
The Myth of Original Sin and the Death Instinct
Aggression and Violence
From Attunement to Attachment and the Trauma of Loss
The Psychobiological Roots of Violence
Secure and Insecure Attachment in the Formation of the Self
Self and Other
In Defence of the Self
The Psychobiology Of Trauma
The Unspeakable: Child Sexual Abuse
Psychological Trauma and Attachment
From Psychological Trauma to Violence and Psychiatric Illness
The Prevalence Of Psychological Trauma
Cultures and Violence
The Dehumanisation of the ?Other?
The Traumatic Origins of Legitimate Violence
Love and Hate
Epilogue
And What About Terrorism?
References
Index