Human Destructiveness - Hardcover

Storr

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0465031293 ISBN 13: 9780465031290

Publisher: Basic Books, 1973

Synopsis

Investigates the psychological, biological, and social foundations of cruelty and aggression, and explores the impact of latent and overt paranoia, depression, and emotional repression on contemporary people

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About the Author

Anthony Storr was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and an Emeritus Fellow of Green College, Oxford. He was the author of numerous books, including "The Integrity of the Personality, The Dynamics of Creation, The Essential Jung, " and "The Art of Psychotherapy." Dr. Storr died in 2001.

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breaking work by world-renowned psychiatrist Anthony Storr, author of the widely acclaimed SOLITUDE, focuses on one of the most disturbing aspects of human behavior: our virutally unlimited capacity to inflict cruelty.

Originally published in the early 1970s, HUMAN DESTRUCTIVENESS has been completely revised by the author to reflect the most up-to-date research and his own accumulated experience as a psychotherapist. The result is a thought-provoking work that sheds new light not only on such vast historical cataclysms as the Holocaust, but on some of the most compelling social issues of today -- the physical and sexual abuse of children; the upsurge in violent crime; the routine use of torture in many allegedly civilized nations. Dr. Storr challenges widely held views on a broad range of subjects, including child-rearing, criminal justice, caste and class, alcohol and drug addiction, violence in the media, and the limits on the obligation to obey authority. For this edition he has writte

Edition details

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0465031293
• ISBN 13: 9780465031290
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English