- Summary
- "This book provides a view into the root causes of genocide, looking beyond the surface into the underlying psychology of violence and oppression. The author argues that genocide does not simply occur at the hands of dictators or tyrannical despots, but at the hands of ordinary citizens whose pain and oppression forces them to follow a leader "--Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Morrock, Richard.
- Published
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2010
- Contents
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A psychohistorical perspective on a violent century
Germany: the complex roots of national socialism
Northern Ireland: the politics of fear
Yugoslavia: prisoners of myth and history
Rwanda: rage, anxiety and genocide
Sri Lanka: emotional repression, social stratification, and ethnic violence
Cambodia: displaced anger and auto-genocide
China: Mao's cultural revolution as reaction formation
Sudan: entitlement fantasies and occidentophobia
The Muslim world: the psycho-geography of hate
Iran: Khomeini's Islamic revolution: shadow and substance
Italy: birth trauma, expansionism, and fascism
Argentina: fear of abandonment, caudilloism, and the dirty war
Haiti: a nation of origin-folk
South Africa: the psychology of apartheid
Conclusion: Psychohistory looks ahead.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
A psychohistorical perspective on a violent century -- Germany: the complex roots of national socialism -- Northern Ireland: the politics of fear -- Yugoslavia: prisoners of myth and history -- Rwanda: rage, anxiety and genocide -- Sri Lanka: emotional repression, social stratification, and ethnic violence -- Cambodia: displaced anger and auto-genocide -- China: Mao's cultural revolution as reaction formation -- Sudan: entitlement fantasies and occidentophobia -- The Muslim world: the psycho-geography of hate -- Iran: Khomeini's Islamic revolution: shadow and substance -- Italy: birth trauma, expansionism, and fascism -- Argentina: fear of abandonment, caudilloism, and the dirty war -- Haiti: a nation of origin-folk -- South Africa: the psychology of apartheid -- Conclusion: Psychohistory looks ahead.
