Psychoanalytic Insights into Fundamentalism and Conviction

The Certainty Principle
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-138-36216-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 142 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 381 g

Psychoanalytic Insights into Fundamentalism and Conviction: The Certainty Principle examines the role of, and need for, certainty in mental life, addressing questions raised by fundamentalism and extremism and exploring its relation to human nature. Murdin proposes a new synthesis in which certainty itself can be a cause of suffering and part of a defensive manoeuvre, and considers how the need for certainty can be managed in a positive way, rather than creating fear and extreme emotional responses.

Illustrated throughout with examples from psychotherapy practice, literature and international politics, this book considers how the quest for certainty dominates much of human thinking. Murdin examines personal relationships, including politics and religion, where assumptions are taken for granted but function to hide fears and doubts, and argues that fundamentalist elements can generate harm in anyone but can be mitigated with understanding and work in therapy.

Psychoanalytic Insights into Fundamentalism and Conviction helps to identify the underlying convictions that are causing mental harm. It is essential reading for psychotherapists, psychoanalysts and counsellors in practice and in training, and will be of interest to readers interested in fundamentalist states of mind.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Murdin, Lesley

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Öffentliche Meinung und Umfragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Preface

Chapter 1 Certainty: Who needs it?

Chapter 2. Certainty in everyday life

Chapter 3. Certainty in politics

Chapter 4. Certainty in religion

Chapter 5. Certainty in theory

Chapter 6. Certainty in depression

Chapter 7. Certainty on the autistic spectrum

Chapter 8. Certainty and doubt in balance

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lesley Murdin is a psychotherapist with a private practice in Cambridge, UK, and was formerly the National Director for WPF Therapy in London. She has worked in the UK Council for Psychotherapy and the British Psychoanalytic Council to develop professional standards, and is the author of several previous books, including Managing Difficult Endings in Psychotherapy, Setting Out: The Importance of the Beginning in Psychotherapy and Counselling and How Money Talks (all Routledge).