1st Edition

Dark Matters Exploring the Realm of Psychic Devastation

By Ira Brenner Copyright 2014
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

This book takes a deeper look into the darker side of the human condition by examining the psyches of those who have been victims or survivors of heinous acts perpetrated by others. From the "personal Holocaust" of sexual abuse in the family, to the genocidal persecution during "the" Holocaust, and from the shared national horror of September 11 to the Palestinian/Israeli situation, a special... Read more
Introduction , Prologue , Why dark matter? , Conceptual Realm , Splitting of the ego , On dissociation , Seeing and not seeing , Societal Realm , Intergenerational transmission , Playing and survival , Geopolitical identity disorder , Post-9/11 world , Technical Realm , Interpretation or containment? , Handling the compulsion to repeat , Psychoactive therapy , Epilogue , From Darkness to light

Biography

Ira Brenner