Psychoanalytic perspectives on a turbulent world

"'This is a much needed book, giving a readable, insightful and constructive perspective on many of today's societal, political and economic ailments. It is my fervent hope that it finds a large readership in the leadership echelons of our society. Whoever reads it will have difficult...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Brunning, Halina, editor (editor), Perini, Mario, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Karnac 2010.
London : 2018.
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798330206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; THE CAST OF CHARACTERS; NOTES FROM THE EDITORS; INVITATION TO THE DRAMA; PROLOGUE The Myth that Binds: The past and present as prologue to the future; ACT I ON WAR AND CONFLICT; SCENE ONE A beam of darkness-understanding the terrorist mind; SCENE TWO "Si vis pacem para bellum" Psychoanalysis, peace education and conflict literacy; SCENE THREE Psychoanalysis and international relationships: Large-group identity, traumas at the hand of the "other," and transgenerational transmission of trauma; ACT II THE FINANCIAL CRISIS AND THE DISAPPEARING CONTAINERS
  • SCENE FOUR Oedipus Rex at Enron: Leadership, Oedipal struggles, and organizational collapseSCENE FIVE Narcissism project and corporate decay: The case of General Motors; SCENE SIX Beneath the financial crisis; ACT III ON LEADERSHIP AND THE ILLUSION OF CONTAINMENT; SCENE SEVEN A dynamic reading of The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales; SCENE EIGHT Barack Obama's postpartisan dream: Leadership and the limits of the depressive position; SCENE NINE Images of leadership; The Epilogue; INDEX