1st Edition
Human Destructiveness The Roots of Genocide and Human Cruelty
By James Douglas McCallum
Copyright 1972
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
Originally published in 1972, this fully revised edition was published in 1991 and provides a classic study of humanity’s capacity for evil.
The human species is capable of the most appalling cruelty. Why is this and where does our capacity for such destructiveness come from? In Human Destructiveness , Anthony Storr explores these important questions.
In seeking to shed light on such brutal... Read more
Preface 1 The nature of human aggression 2 Aggressive personality disorders 3 Sadomasochism 4 The ubiquity of paranoia 5 What is to be done? Notes Index
Biography
Anthony Storr is one of Britain's foremost psychiatrists. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (F.R.C.P.). a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (F.R.C.Psych.), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (F.R.S.L.) and an Emeritus Fellow of Green College, Oxford. Among his many books are The Dynamics of Creation, Solitude and Churchill's Black Dog.
