Victimhood, vengefulness, and the culture of forgiveness
By: editors, Ivan Urlic, Miriam Berger, Avi Berman.
Contributors: Urlic, Ivan.; Berger, Miriam E.; Berman, Avi.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hauppauge, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781608761913
Subjects: Victims of crimes -- Psychology; Revenge; Forgiveness; Crime Victims -- psychology; Psychoanalysis; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic -- psychology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : personal motivations, how this book came into being?; title: Victimhood as psychopathology : diagnosis and interpretation point of view; title: Victimhood as a plea for acknowledgement and justice : the emphatic point of view; title: Victimhood : sociopolitical implications; title: The common negative reaction towards vengeful wishes; title: Placing revenge in a continuum from normal to pathological; title: The sociopolitical aspect of processing vengeful wishes; title: Aggression and its aftermath : trans-generational transmission of negative feelings prejudices, myths enmity; title: Trauma and reparation : the healing potential of psychodynamic understanding and therapeutic approach; title: To overcome conflicts : creating space for compassion, empathy and forgiveness in the process of reconciliation.