Fratricide in the Holy Land
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Fratricide in the Holy Land

A Psychoanalytic View of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

  1. 280 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Fratricide in the Holy Land

A Psychoanalytic View of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

About this book

    This is the first English-language book ever to apply psychoanalytic knowledge to the understanding of the most intractable international struggle in our world today—the Arab-Israeli conflict. Two ethnic groups fight over a single territory that both consider to be theirs by historical right—essentially a rational matter. But close historical examination shows that the two parties to this tragic conflict have missed innumerable opportunities for a rational partition of the territory between them and for a permanent state of peace and prosperity rather than perennial bloodshed and misery.
    Falk suggests that a way to understand and explain such irrational matters is to examine the unconscious aspects of the conflict. He examines large-group psychology, nationalism, group narcissism, psychogeography, the Arab and Israeli minds, and suicidal terrorism, and he offers psychobiographical studies of Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat, two key players in this tragic conflict today.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction: A Duel in Quicksand
  4. 1 A Review of the Literature
  5. 2 Reality Is in the Eye of the Beholder
  6. 3 Destructive Charismatic Leadership I: The Case of Ariel Sharon
  7. 4 Destructive Charismatic Leadership II: The Case of Yassir Arafat
  8. 5 Nationalism, Group Narcissism, and the Problem of the Self
  9. 6 Psychogeography: The Unconscious Meaning of Geographical Entities
  10. 7 Denial Is Not a River in Egypt
  11. 8 Splitting, Projection, and the Need for Enemies
  12. 9 War and the Inability to Mourn
  13. 10 The Arab Mind
  14. 11 The Psychology of Suicide Bombers
  15. 12 The Israeli Mind
  16. Conclusion: Can the Conflict Be Resolved?
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index