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Mankind in Amnesia - Softcover

Velikovsky, Immanuel

 
9781906833169: Mankind in Amnesia

Synopsis

Immanuel Velikovsky called this book the "fulfillment of his oath of Hippocrates - to serve humanity." In this book he returns to his roots as a psychologist and psychoanalytical therapist, yet not with a single person as his patient but with humanity as a whole. After an extremely revealing overview of the foundations of the various psychoanalytical systems he makes the step into crowd psychology and reopens the case of Worlds in Collision from a totally different point of view: as a psychoanalytical case study. This way he shows that the blatant reactions to his theories (which are still going on today) have not been surprising but are actually inevitable from a psychological perspective - which equally holds for those who have defined our view of the world. At the same time he is able to reclassify the theories of Siegmund Freud and of C. G. Jung by finding a common basis for them. A journey through history, religion, mythology and art shows the overall range of the collective trauma and gives us - the patients - a message of extraordinary urgency and importance for the future.

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From the Back Cover

Is it in man's nature to be evil and egotistical?

What is the fundamental psychological driving force of man?

Why can't our politicians succeed in making the world a better place?

What is the true story behind (one of) the greatest science scandal(s) of modern times, the Velikovsky Affair?

The answer to these questions - and to many others of a personal and individual nature - can be found in this book, the culmination of Immanuel Velikovsky's scientific research.

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