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| Genre/Form: | Case Reports Case studies |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Vamik D Volkan |
| ISBN: | 9781782203704 1782203702 |
| OCLC Number: | 922461637 |
| Description: | xv, 114 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents: | Machine generated contents note: ch. One The impact of the Third Reich: The end of "silence" in psychoanalysis -- ch. Two Victor: A man who lived in two different worlds -- ch. Three A look at narcissism, splitting, depositing, dissociation, and encapsulation -- ch. Four The "Firefighter" -- ch. Five A dead old man whose heart kept beating -- ch. Six The T4 euthanasia programme -- ch. Seven Locked-up letters -- ch. Eight Let there be oxygen -- ch. Nine Legal redress and the psychology of remembering through actions -- ch. Ten Photography, maggots, and jumping over a barbed wire fence -- ch. Eleven Searching for and finding a new life -- ch. Twelve Another look at identification, depositing, and transgenerational transmission. |
| Responsibility: | Vamik D. Volkan. |
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'This book is an absolute gem! Vamik Volkan has distilled his many decades of wisdom into this absolutely riveting study of the treatment of the grandson of a high-ranking participant in the Nazi killing machine. In his role as supervisor, Professor Volkan demonstrates the essential importance of creating a larger holding environment to enable the analyst to grow with the patient, and how he also serves as a container of the analyst's intolerable affects. He narrates the process with clarity, precision and deep understanding. The complexities of intergenerational transmission of trauma and disavowed family secrets are viewed as encapsulations of dissociated memories and affects, which have an insidious, pathogenic influence on character formation. This book is a must for clinicians at all levels and for anyone else interested in the study of the continuing, multigenerational effects of genocidal persecution.'- Ira Brenner, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College, Pennsylvania, and author of Injured Men: Trauma, Healing, and the Masculine Self and Dark Matters: Exploring the Realm of Psychic Devastation'This fascinating book shows the impact of transgenerational transmission of a murderous history on the character structure of a grandson of a Nazi perpetrator. The book includes a detailed account of a progression from the interpretation of fragmentary, defensive re-enactments to an awareness of the reality of the trauma, thus allowing a separate, better integrated self to be born. The important insights revealed in the book and its clear theoretical conceptualizations can inform us not only in the realm of this particular group of patients, but of all those whose lives are touched by the reality of war, violence and trauma.'- Ilany Kogan, Training Analyst, Israel Psychoanalytic Society, and author of The Cry of Mute Children and Canvas of Change: Analysis Through the Prism of Creativity'Societal trauma and its silent effects cannot be ignored. These traumas, unconsciously transmitted from generation to generation, often obstruct real understanding of events in any international setting - be it in therapeutic group systems, in the international political arena or in global business teams. As an international leadership development coach for major global companies, I witness this every day. I am grateful for the insights Dr Volkan gives us while telling the story of an analysand who had to deal with the Nazi legacy of his ancestors. We can and should use Dr Volkan's findings also in the international business world.'- Christina von Wackerbarth, Ms Sc, Global Executive Coach at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France and Fellow of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium Read more...
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- Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. -- Schutzstaffel -- Influence.
- National socialism -- Psychological aspects -- Case studies.
- Analysands -- Germany -- Case studies.
- Intergenerational relations -- Germany -- Case studies.
- Psychoanalysts -- Germany.
- Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei -- Schutzstaffel
- Psychological Trauma -- psychology.
- National Socialism.
- Intergenerational Relations.
- Psychoanalysis.
- Germany.
- Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. -- Schutzstaffel.
- Analysands.
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Intergenerational relations.
- National socialism -- Psychological aspects.
- Psychoanalysts.
