Applies clinical pyschology to explain the dynamics of the Middle East peace process.
By applying a clinical psychologist’s insight into the Israeli-Arab conflict, Ofer Grosbard lays the foundation for a new theory and practice that espouses the use of clinical tools to promote relations between countries, religions, political parties, cultures, and different identities.
Tabella dei contenuti
Foreword by Vamik D. Volkan
Preface
Introduction
1. The Jewish People
2. The Dynamic of the Peace Process
The Peace Process: A Business Negotiation or an Emotional Bond?
The Peace Process as a Process of Emotional Growth
Emotional Resistance to the Peace Process
The Whole World Is Against Us
Denial of Aggression and Fear, and Its Price
Is Our Sense of Reality Valid?
3. The Stories We Tell Ourselves, and the World, about Ourselves
The National Anthem
4. Foreign Affairs
Syria
Lebanon
The Palestinian Refugees
A Palestinian State
Murderers or Heroes?
5. The Arabs and Us — an Intersubjective Approach
Arab Insult
Arab Thinking
Speaking to Arabs
6. The Nonconventional Threat
Postscript
Index
Circa l’autore
Ofer Grosbard was born in Israel and is a practicing clinical psychologist in the United States. He is the author of A License for Insanity and Arab in His Heart, winner of Book of the Year 2000 by the Hebrew Writers’ Association.
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