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Anger, madness, and the daimonic : the psychological genesis of violence, evil, and creativity
- Title
- Anger, madness, and the daimonic : the psychological genesis of violence, evil, and creativity / Stephen A. Diamond ; foreword by Rollo May.
- Author
- Diamond, Stephen A., 1951-
- Publication
- Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1996.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- May, Rollo
- Description
- xxv, 402 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- In this book, clinical psychologist Stephen A. Diamond determines where anger and rage originate and explores whether these powerful passions are - as most people believe - purely negative, pathological, and evil or can be meaningfully redeemed and rechanneled into constructive activity. What is the psychobiological significance of such feelings? And what is the psychological link between anger, rage, violence, evil, and creativity? Drawing on the discoveries of depth psychologists such as Freud, Jung, Adler, Rank, Reich, and Rollo May, as well as the work of other contemporary psychotherapeutic pioneers, Diamond examines these timely yet eternal questions.
- Series Statement
- SUNY series in the philosophy of psychology
- Uniform Title
- SUNY series in the philosophy of psychology
- Alternative Title
- Psychological genesis of violence, evil, and creativity
- Subject
- Anger
- Violence > Psychological aspects
- Good and evil > Psychological aspects
- Aggressiveness
- Creative ability
- Shadow (Psychoanalysis)
- Psychoanalytic interpretation
- Anger
- Aggression > psychology
- Creativity
- Psychoanalytic Interpretation
- Violence > history
- Violence > psychology
- Aggression
- anger
- creativity
- 77.32 intelligence, creativity
- 77.46 emotions
- Psychoanalytic interpretation
- Aggressiveness
- Creative ability
- Good and evil > Psychological aspects
- Violence > Psychological aspects
- Gewalt
- Psychologie
- Das Gute
- Das Böse
- Kreativität
- Geweld
- Psychologische aspecten
- Woede
- Het Demonische
- Creativiteit
- Psychopathologie
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-375) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Rollo May -- 1. The Angry American: An Epidemic of Rage and Violence -- 2. Sex Wars: The Animosity Between Women and Men -- 3. The Psychology of Evil: Devils, Demons, and the Daimonic -- 4. Myths of the Unconscious: The Id, the Shadow, and the Daimonic -- 5. The Possession Syndrome: Demonic or Daimonic? -- 6. Madness, Mental Disorders, and the Daimonic: The Central Role of Anger and Rage in Psychopathology -- 7. Redeeming Our Devils and Demons: Dealing with Anger and Rage in Psychotherapy -- 8. Creativity, Genius, and the Daimonic -- 9. Conclusion: Some Final Reflections on Anger, Rage, Guilt, and Responsibility.
- ISBN
- 0791430758
- 9780791430750
- 9780791430767
- 0791430766
- LCCN
- 96027865
- OCLC
- ocm34943345
- 34943345
- SCSB-2112546
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library