Psychopolitics : conversations with Trevor Cribben Merrill / Jean-Michel Oughourlian ; translated by Trevor Cribben Merrill.

By:

Oughourlian, Jean-Michel

Contributor(s):

Merrill, Trevor Cribben

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Studies in Violence, Mimesis, & CulturePublication details: East Lansing, MI : Michigan State University Press, ©2012.Description: 1 online resource (x, 98 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

1609173392
9781609173395
9781628961065
1628961066

Uniform titles:

Psychopolitique. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No title; Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

320.01/9 23

LOC classification:

JA74.5 .O8413 2012eb

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Contents:

""Contents""; ""Foreword by RenÃ© Girard""; ""Chapter 1. Psychopolitics""; ""Chapter 2. War and Terrorism""; ""Chapter 3. The War of the Gods""; ""Chapter 4. Mimetic Rivalry on an International Scale""; ""Chapter 5. Politics and Religion""; ""Chapter 6. The Apocalypse""; ""Chapter 7. Is There Any Hope?""; ""Chapter 8. In Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Summary: For thousands of years, political leaders have unified communities by aligning them against common enemies. However, today more than ever, the search for common enemies results in anything but unanimity. Scapegoats like Saddam Hussein, for example, led to a stark polarization in the United States. Renowned neuropsychiatrist and psychologist Jean-Michel Oughourlian proposes that the only authentic enemy is the one responsible for both everyday frustrations and global dangers, such as climate change ourselves. Oughourlian, who pioneered an interdividual psychology with Ren Girard, reveals how all people are bound together in a dynamic, contingent process of imitation, and shows that the same patterns of irrational mimetic desire that bring individuals together and push them apart also explain the behavior of nations.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translated into English from French.

For thousands of years, political leaders have unified communities by aligning them against common enemies. However, today more than ever, the search for common enemies results in anything but unanimity. Scapegoats like Saddam Hussein, for example, led to a stark polarization in the United States. Renowned neuropsychiatrist and psychologist Jean-Michel Oughourlian proposes that the only authentic enemy is the one responsible for both everyday frustrations and global dangers, such as climate change ourselves. Oughourlian, who pioneered an interdividual psychology with Ren Girard, reveals how all people are bound together in a dynamic, contingent process of imitation, and shows that the same patterns of irrational mimetic desire that bring individuals together and push them apart also explain the behavior of nations.

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