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• Author/Creator:Volkan, Vamik D., 1932-
  
• Title:Blind trust : large groups and their leaders in times of crisis and terror / Vamik Volkan.
  
• ISBN:9780985281588
  0985281588
  9781939578815
  1939578817
  0972887520
  9780972887526
  0972887539
  9780972887533
  
• Edition:1st ed.
  
• Published/Created:Charlottesville, Va. : Pitchstone Pub., 2004.
  
• Physical Description:1 online resource (367 pages)
  
• Links:Online book
  

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• Local Notes:Access is available to the Yale community.
  
• Notes:Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
  English.
  Print version record.
  
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• Summary:Blind Trust is the culmination of more than three decades of profound immersion in the most pressing sociopolitical conflicts of our time, by the psychoanalyst with probably the most direct experience with such issues of any in the world. Author Vamik Volkan applies his knowledge of depth psychology to the turbulent and destructive human experiences in the current cauldrons of the greatest unrest and disaster throughout Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Illuminating the etiologic bases of war, revolution, massacres, and terror, as these have disturbed the world from ancient times to modern civilization, his voice speaks for the imperative of reason and the application of modern analytic knowledge for conflict resolution at the highest levels. The subjects are large groups and their leaders: windows into the lives of the Prophet Muhammad, Stalin, Milosevic, Osama Bin Laden, and David Koresh are interspersed with examinations of religion and fundamentalism and a sober study of suicide attackers. Volkan's detailed and scholarly description of regressive movements in large-group identities, complemented by an equal attention to progressive and creative reparative forces, represents a significant expansion of our understanding of group psychology.
  
• Variant and related titles:Black women writers. OCLC KB.
  
• Other formats:Print version: Volkan, Vamik D., 1932- Blind trust. 1st ed. Charlottesville, Va. : Pitchstone Pub., 2004
  
• Format:Book
• BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (pages 331-350) and index.
  
• Contents:Introduction : from the couch to the negotiating table -- The seven threads of large-group identity -- Regression : plunging back into a world of fear and desire -- Rituals that bind people together -- From Waco to the Bamian Valley -- From the Bamian Valley to the war in Iraq -- "A decisive trifle" -- Force of narcissism -- Leaders as teachers -- Albania : from regression to progression.
  
• Subjects:Social psychology.
  Crises--Psychological aspects.
  Regression (Psychology)
  Civic leaders.
  Leadership.
  group identity.
  social psychology.
  Leadership.
  Civic leaders.
  Crises--Psychological aspects.
  Group identity.
  POLITICAL LEADERS.
  DECISION-MAKING.
  POLITICAL VIOLENCE.
  TERRORISM.
  CULTURAL IDENTITY.
  PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS.
  MORAL ASPECTS.
  
• Subjects (Medical): Leadership
  Psychology, Social
  Regression, Psychology
  Social Identification
  Trust