Franks and Saracens reality and fantasy in the Crusades
This is the first and only book to examine the Crusades from the added viewpoint of psychoanalysis, studying the hidden emotions and fantasies that drove the Crusaders and the Muslims to undertake their terrible wars. The reader will learn that the deepest and most poweful motives for the Crusades w...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Karnac
2010.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798153806719 |
| Sumario: | This is the first and only book to examine the Crusades from the added viewpoint of psychoanalysis, studying the hidden emotions and fantasies that drove the Crusaders and the Muslims to undertake their terrible wars. The reader will learn that the deepest and most poweful motives for the Crusades were not only religious or territorial - or the quest for lands, wealth or titles - but also unconscious emotions and fantasies about one's country, one's religion, one's enemies, God and the Devil, and Us and Them. The book also focuses on the collective inability to mourn large-group losses and the collective needs of large groups such as nations and religions to develop a clear identity, to have boundaries, and to have enemies and allies. Motives which the Crusaders and the Muslims were not aware of were among the most powerful in driving several centuries of terrible and seemingly endless warfare. --Book Jacket. |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-218) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780429913921 9780429896952 9780429474927 9781282780101 9786612780103 9781849408578 |
