
War Is Not Inevitable
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When we look for causes for war we turn to history as well as national, ethnic, territorial, and or political issues, among many others, but we also tend to ignore the psychological factors that play a large role. Parens discusses such psychological factors that seem to lead large groups into conflict. Central among these are the psychodynamics of large-group narcissism. Interactional conditions stand out: hyper-narcissistic large-groups have, in history, caused much narcissistic injury to those they believe they are superior to. But this is commonly followed by the narcissistically injured group's experiencing high level hostile destructiveness toward their injury-perpetrator which, in time, will compel them to revenge. Among groups that have been engaged in serial conflicts, wars have followed from this psychodynamic narcissism-based cyclicity.
Parens details some of the psychodynamics that led from World War I to World War II and their respective aftermath, and he addresses how major factors that gave rise to these wars must, can, and have been counteracted. In doing so, Parens considers strategies by which civilization has and is constructively preventing wars, as well as the need for further innovative efforts to achieve that end.
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Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I: FREUD'S ANSWER TO EINSTEIN WAS WRONG
Chapter 1: The Problem with Freud's Answer to Einstein's "Why War?"
Chapter 2: Why I Say Freud's Answer Was "Wrong"
PART II: CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS
PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF HUMAN CONFLICT
Chapter 3: Human Narcissism
Chapter 4: Pathways from Narcissism to Human Conflict
Chapter 5: Determinants of Prejudice
PART III: REACTIVITIES, EXPLANATIONS & RATIONALIZATIONS
Chapter 6: Conflict-Causing Human Reactivities
Chapter 7: Post-Conflict Human Reactivities
Chapter 8: Explanations and Rationalizations
PART IV: WHAT WE CAN DO: DIRECTIONS OLD AND NEW
Chapter 9: What We Can Do-Part 1
Chapter 10: What We Can Do-Part 2
Addendum: Freud's Evolving Theory of Aggression
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
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