9/11 as a Collective Trauma: And Other Essays on Psychoanalysis and Society

by Hans-Jürgen Wirth and Wirth

Book Overview

Hans Juergen Wirth, a leading German psychoanalyst and editor of the journal Psychosozial, brings cultural breadth, historical perspective, and analytic astuteness to bear in considering the "collective trauma" of 9/11. His meditation, which brings into its compass the psychic structure of suicide bombers and the psycho-political causes and consequences of the Iraq war, is especially insightful in considering the psychological meaning of 9/11 for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138009903
• ISBN13: 9781138009905
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"