Description: Politics and Psychology by Joan Offerman-Zuckerberg The newborn child (Le., the budding democracies) is looking eagerly to Uncle Sam as a role model: throughout the world, people are quoting our political scriptures, our proclamations, our Bill of Rights, and yet as models we seem sorely lacking. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The world is a different place today.* Much of this has to do with the increasing volume and clarity of the peoples collective voice. The power and pressing desire in man for autonomy, self-determination, and change are emerging as a demand. As a consequence, Communist governments are giving way to democratic reĀ structuring, Europe is being recrafted, and the Cold War is slowly thawing. Simultaneously, back home, our government is becoming increasingly bogged down by media-created political images and psychodramas lacking in substance and value-the degree of exposure somehow determined more by commercial appeal (inherent sensationalism) than merit. The newborn child (Le., the budding democracies) is looking eagerly to Uncle Sam as a role model: throughout the world, people are quoting our political scriptures, our proclamations, our Bill of Rights, and yet as models we seem sorely lacking. Given this climate, this book intends to address a number of contemporary themes: the role of the media-symbolization, idealization, and projection---on political choice; the roles of group fantasy; and the more rational force of II group governance" on political elections; the personalities of our presidents and leaders, their psychic vulnerabilities, their public versus private personas and how this division interacts with the complex unraveling of historical events (for example, Jimmy Carters response to crises in Afghanistan and Iran, Michael Dukakis and the 1988 campaign, George Bushs emergence as president, John F. Kennedy and his private versus public personas, Anwar Sadat as myth and symbol). Table of Contents I. Political Leadership: Myth and Reality.- 1. Shifting Images in Politics.- 2. Some Reflections on Political Choice in America: Symbol and Substance.- 3. National Group Governance in Presidential Elections: Fact and Fantasy.- 4. Collective Suicide at Jonestown: An Ethnopsychoanalytic Study of Leadership and Group Dynamics.- II. Presidential Profiles: Psychic Vulnerabilities and Political Repercussions (Both Catastrophic and Otherwise).- 5. The Spelling and Seduction of Michael Dukakis.- 6. The Public Presidency: A Psychological Inquiry into John F. Kennedy.- 7. George Bush: From Wimp to President.- 8. Jimmy Carter and the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: A Psychological Perspective.- 9. Presidents Carter and Sadat: The Repudiation of the Peacemakers.- III. A Global Village? Childhood Roots, Reflections, and Hopes.- 10. The Gentle Revolution: The Childhood Origins of Soviet and East European Democratic Movements.- 11. Growing Up in Nazi Germany: Lessons to Be Learned.- 12. Bridging East and West: Splitting and Integration.- IV. Making War, Making Peace.- 13. Common Security: The Only Way.- 14. Growing Up in a Nuclear Age: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.- 15. The Relevance of the Death Drive to the Nuclear Age.- 16. Further Clinical Considerations of the Psychological Fallout of the Nuclear Threat.- 17. Altruism: Antidote to War and Human Antagonism.- Overview. Promotional Springer Book Archives Long Description The world is a different place today.* Much of this has to do with the increasing volume and clarity of the peoples collective voice. The power and pressing desire in man for autonomy, self-determination, and change are emerging as a demand. As a consequence, Communist governments are giving way to democratic re Details ISBN146845921X Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc. ISBN-10 146845921X ISBN-13 9781468459210 Format Paperback Imprint Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Country of Publication United States Edited by Joan Offerman-Zuckerberg Short Title POLITICS & PSYCHOLOGY SOFTCOVE Language English Media Book DEWEY 155.2 Year 2012 Publication Date 2012-03-30 Subtitle Contemporary Psychodynamic Perspectives Pages 336 Place of Publication New York, NY DOI 10.1007/978-1-4684-5919-7 UK Release Date 2012-03-30 AU Release Date 2012-03-30 NZ Release Date 2012-03-30 US Release Date 2012-03-30 Author Joan Offerman-Zuckerberg Illustrations 336 p. Edition Description Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991 Alternative 9780306438646 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:96385731;
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ISBN-13: 9781468459210
Book Title: Politics and Psychology
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Politics and Psychology: Contemporary Psychodynamic Perspectives
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Weight: 487 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Joan Offerman-Zuckerberg
Subject Area: Personality Psychology
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