How and Why Children Hate
A Study of Conscious and Unconscious Sources
Published on 1. April 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-85302-185-5 (ISBN)
Description
Hate is a potent factor in undermining feelings of love and all that it implies. We all hate from time to time, but children hate more than adults. Paradoxically, they are also more amenable to improvement and treatment. But these matters are seldom openly discussed.
The contributors to this book discuss how to recognise and handle hatred in a practical way. The contributors include two psychiatrists, four social psychologists, three psychotherapists, two educationalists and a sociologist. They are all recognized and experienced in their fields. Their different perspectives enable the reader to obtain a comprehensive picture of available models and management approaches to children's primitive hatred. The points will be made that individual symptoms and types of hatred need to be assessed by relating them to the social and family contexts within which they occur.
The contributors to this book discuss how to recognise and handle hatred in a practical way. The contributors include two psychiatrists, four social psychologists, three psychotherapists, two educationalists and a sociologist. They are all recognized and experienced in their fields. Their different perspectives enable the reader to obtain a comprehensive picture of available models and management approaches to children's primitive hatred. The points will be made that individual symptoms and types of hatred need to be assessed by relating them to the social and family contexts within which they occur.
Reviews / Votes
The roots of hatred, sad to say, can often be traced to infancy and childhood. It seems a sacrilege to suggest that the children we love, the children who can be so loving, should have in them the seeds of the indifference, cruelty and violence which are the accompaniments of hatred. This is a worthy project indeed; its insights into the human conditions of love and its relative, hate, will be of value to a wide audience. -- From the Foreword The authors suggest worthwhile methods of exploring the roots of hatred, demonstrating how class, society, family, and peer relationships form the foundation for a hatred that is sometimes later acted out against society or the self. -- Contemporary Psychology This collection of essays on the subject from psychiatrists, psychologists and psychotherapists as well as a sociologist and an educationalist is most welcome... [a] scholarly, well-researched and brilliant book on such a difficult subject. -- Counselling News A detailed and extensive study with lists of useful references. It is a must for studying children's hatred or its relative, love. -- Nursery WorldMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85302-185-5 (9781853021855)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Dr Ved Varma is a former educational psychologist.
Content
Introduction, Dr Ved Varma. 1. Hate in Nursery Rhymes, Robin Higgins, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, London. 2. Unconscious Communication of Hatred Between Parents and Children, Francis M J Dale Principal Psychotherapist, Torquay. 3. The Family Scapegoat, Christopher Dare, PhD, The Maudsley Hospital. 4. Child Abuse and Hatred, Kedar Nath Dwivedi, PhD, Consultant Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatrist, Northampton. 5. Hatred Between Children, Neil Frude, PhD, Cardiff University. 6. The Therapeutic Importance of Racial Identity in Working with Black Children who Hate, Jocelyn Emama Maxime, Clinical Psychologisti, Kent. 7. Children and Hate, Nandini Mane, Educationalist, London. 8. Religion, Hatred and Children, Robert Bocock, The Open University. 9. Authority and Hatred, Kevin Epps and Clive R Hollin, University of Birmingham. 10. Gender and Hatred, Helen Barrett and David Jones, Birkbeck College, London. 12. Hate and Mental Handicap, Valerie Sinason, The Tavistock Clinic, London.