Violent States and Creative States (2 Volume Set)

By: James Gilligan • Gwen Adshead • Kate Rothwell • Grace Lee • Estela Welldon • Christopher Scanlon • John Adlam • Anna Motz • Alex Maguire • Julian Manley • Simon Hackett • David W. Jones • Matt Killingsworth • Thilo Kroll • Lucy Neal • Tilman Kluttig • Bandy Lee • John L Young • Annie Stopford • Gardnel Carter • Gina Donoso • Gloria Uwizeye • Efrat Even-Tzur • Ismail Karolia • Klaus Hoffmann • Barry Richards • Aileen Schloerb • Hayley Berman • Reinmar Du Bois • Maggie McAlister • Clinton Van der Walt • Zoe Berko • Sarita Bose • Martha Ferrito • Martina Mindang • Robyn Timoclea • Deborah J. Cohan • Claude Barbre • Jill Barbre • Tamsin Cottis • Andrew Ware • Gerrard Drennan • James S. Vrettos

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Synopsis

This is a provocative collection exploring the different types of violence and how they relate to one another, examined through the integration of several disciplines, including forensic psychotherapy, psychiatry, sociology, psychosocial studies and political science. By examining the 'violent states' of mind behind specific forms of violence and the social and societal contexts in which an individual act of human violence takes place, the contributors reveal the dynamic forces and reasoning behind specific forms of violence including structural violence, and conceptualise the societal structures themselves as 'violent states'.

Other research often stops short at examining the causes and risk factors for violence, without considering the opposite states that may not only mitigate, but allow for a different unfolding of individual and societal evolution. As a potential antidote to violence, the authors prescribe an understanding of these 'creative states' with their psychological origins, and their importance in human behaviour and meaning-seeking. Making a call to move beyond merely mitigating violence to the opposite direction of fostering creative potential, this book is foundational in its capacity to cultivate social consciousness and effect positive change in areas of governance, policy-making, and collective responsibility.

This two-volume set includes:

Volume 1: Structural Violence and Creative Structures ISBN 9781785925641

Volume 2: Human Violence and Creative Humanity ISBN 9781785925658

Book Details

Book Quality:
ISBN-13:: 9781784503031
Publisher:: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Date of Addition:: 2018-05-16T16:12:15Z
Language:: English
Categories:: Nonfiction, Psychology,
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.