1st Edition
9/11 as a Collective Trauma And Other Essays on Psychoanalysis and Society
By Hans-Juergen Wirth
Copyright 2005
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
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Hans Juergen Wirth, a leading German psychoanalyst and editor of the journal Psychosozial, brings cultural breadth, historical perspective, and analytic astuteness to bear in considering the "collective trauma" of 9/11. His meditation, which brings into its compass the psychic structure of suicide bombers and the psycho-political causes and consequences of the Iraq war, is especially... Read more
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Biography
Hans-Jürgen Wirth
"A collection of illuminating psychoanalytic essays on collective and individual trauma by a seasoned European psychoanalyst and astute observer of such pervasive social ills as pathological aggression and narcissism. A powerful statement marked by clarity of prose and steadfastness of purpose."
- Zvi Lothane, M.D., Author, In Defense of Schreber (Analytic Press, 1992)
