Anger, Madness, and the Daimonic: The Psychological Genesis of Violence, Evil, and Creativity (SUNY series in the Philosophy of Psychology) - Hardcover

Diamond, Stephen A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0791430758 ISBN 13: 9780791430750

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1996

Synopsis

Explores the links between anger, rage, violence, evil, and creativity and describes a dynamic therapeutic approach that can help channel anger and violent impulses into constructive and creative activity.

About this title

About the Author:

Stephen A. Diamond is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist practicing in Los Angeles, California. He has taught at Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, John F. Kennedy University, Argosy University, Ryokan College, and the C. G. Jung Institute, Zurich. Dr. Diamond writes regularly for Psychology Today.

Synopsis:

Diamond determines where anger and rage originate and explores whether these powerful passions are as most people believe purely negative, pathological, and evil or can be meaningfully redeemed and rechanneled into constructive activity. Drawing on the discoveries of Freud, Jung, Adler, Rank, Reich, and Rollo May, as well as the work of other conte

About this edition

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0791430758
• ISBN 13: 9780791430750
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 428