Psychoanalytic Insights into Fundamentalism and Conviction: The Certainty Principle

by Lesley Murdin

Book Overview

Psychoanalytic Insights into Fundamentalism and Conviction: The Certainty Principle examines the role of, and need for, certainty in mental life, addressing questions raised by fundamentalism and extremism and exploring its relation to human nature. Murdin proposes a new synthesis in which certainty itself can be a cause of suffering and part of a defensive manoeuvre, and considers how the need for certainty can be managed in a positive way, rather...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138362174
• ISBN13: 9781138362178
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"