| Description |
xii, 244 pages ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
1. Making sense of aggression, destructiveness and violence / Celia Harding -- 2. Destructiveness : revenge, dysfunction or constitutional evil? / Robert Royston -- 3. From biting teeth to biting wit : the normative development of aggression / Marianne Parsons -- 4. Attachment, trauma and violence : understanding destructiveness from an attachment theory perspective / Paul Renn -- 5. 'In pieces' : the effects of the memory of a violent father on a son's development / Anne Harrison -- 6. The problem of certain psychic realities : aggression and violence as perverse solutions / Stanley Ruszczynski -- 7. Misanthropy and the broken mirror of narcissism : hatred in the narcissistic personality / David Mann -- 8. The victim's revenge : 'he is "crime" and I am "punishment"' (Rigoletto) / Celia Harding -- 9. Bullying, education and the role of psychotherapy / John Woods -- 10. On a hiding to nothing? : work with women affected by violence / Rose Christie -- 11. Some reflections on the connections between aggression and depression / Leon Kleimberg -- 12. Destructive attacks on reality and the self / Richard Lucas -- 13. 'Poison his delight' : destructiveness and the ending of treatment / Anne Amos -- 14. Absence and absent-mindedness / Mary Thomas |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Aggressiveness.
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Self-destructive behavior.
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Violence -- Psychological aspects.
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Aggression -- psychology.
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Psychoanalytic Theory.
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Self-Injurious Behavior -- psychology.
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Violence -- psychology.
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| Author |
Harding, Celia, 1955-
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| LC no. |
2005043531 |
| ISBN |
1583918841 (alk. paper) |
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158391885X (paperback: alk. paper) |
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