Cradle of Violence: Essays on Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Literature

by Stephen Wilson

This collection of essays focuses on the unconscious roots of human behaviour in a range of settings: the consulting room, the small group, the workplace, the therapeutic community and the GP's surgery.
The author draws upon psychoanalytic theory to examine the psychological preconditions for violent behaviour stemming from a failure in courage. He observes that in violence there is an attack not only on the victim, but on the perpetrator's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185302306X
• ISBN13: 9781853023064
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"