From Pain to Violence: The Traumatic Roots of Destructiveness Felicity de Zulueta (Maudlsey Hospital)
This is a second edition and has been fully updated. A new chapter on terrorism has been added.
This is a second edition and has been fully updated. A new chapter on terrorism has been added.
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction 1
Part I Attachment Gone Wrong
1. A case of violence 11
2. The myth of original sin and the death instinct 19
3. Aggression and violence 34
4. From attunement to attachment and the trauma of loss 53
5. The psychobiological roots of violence 77
6. Secure and insecure attachments in the formation of the self 91
7. Self and other 114
8. In defence of the self 137
Part II The Psychobiology Of Trauma
9. The unspeakable: child sexual abuse 161
10. Psychological trauma and attachment 185
11. From psychological trauma to violence and psychiatric illness 211
Part III The Prevalence Of Psychological Trauma
12. Cultures and violence 237
13. The dehumanisation of the 'other' 264
14. The traumatic origins of legitimate violence 293
15. Love and hate 322
Epilogue: And what about terrorism? 346
References 371
Index 395