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Psychoanalytic Perspectives on a Turbulent World book cover

1st Edition

Psychoanalytic Perspectives on a Turbulent World

Edited By Halina Brunning, Mario Perini Copyright 2010
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge
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This article is intended to contribute to our understanding of the December 2001 collapse of Enron. The existing literature on Enron’s demise falls largely into two broad areas, involving either “micro” psychological explanations or “macro” accounts that emphasize the workplace and its environment; this paper is an exploratory study that focuses on a new interpretation which links the two areas... Read more
Notes from the Editors -- Invitation to the Drama -- Prologue -- On War and Conflict -- A beam of darkness—understanding the terrorist mind 1 -- "Si vis pacem para bellum" Psychoanalysis, peace education and conflict literacy 1 -- Psychoanalysis and international relationships: Large-group identity, traumas at the hand of the "other," and transgenerational transmission of trauma -- The Financial Crisis and the Disappearing Containers -- Oedipus Rex at Enron: Leadership, Oedipal struggles, and organizational collapse 1 -- Narcissism project and corporate decay: The case of General Motors -- Beneath the financial crisis 1 -- On Leadership and the Illusion of Containment -- A dynamic reading of The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales 1 -- Barack Obama's postpartisan dream: Leadership and the limits of the depressive position -- Images of leadership -- The Epilogue

Biography

Halina Brunning is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Organizational Consultant and Executive Coach. She has worked in the British and Polish National Health Services as a psychologist, therapist, manager and consultant and published extensively on clinical and organizational issues Her books include 'Executive Coaching: Systems-Psychodynamic Perspective' and 'Psychoanalytic Perspectives on a Turbulent World'. Halina currently works as a freelance coach and consultant and runs her own international coaching practice in Europe. She is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, member of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organisations, OPUS, Association of Coaching and founder member of the Coaching Psychology Forum.

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