Evil is a ubiquitous, persistent problem that causes enormous human
suffering. Although human beings have struggled with evil since the
dawn of our species, we seem to be no nearer to ending it. In this
book, Lionel Corbett describes the complexity of the problem of
evil, as well as many of our current approaches to understanding
it, in ways that are helpful to the practicing psychotherapist,
psychoanalyst, or Jungian analyst. Psychotherapists often work with
people who have been the victim of evil, and, occasionally, the
therapist is faced with a perpetrator of evil. To be helpful in
these situations, the practitioner must understand the problem from
several points of view, since evil is so complex that no single
approach is adequate. Understanding Evil: A psychotherapist's guide
describes a range of approaches to evil based on Jungian theory,
psychoanalysis, social sciences, philosophy, neurobiology,
mythology, and religious studies. The book clarifies the difference
between actions that are merely wrong from those that are truly
evil, discusses the problem of detecting evil, and describes the
effects on the clinician of witnessing evil. The book also
discusses what is known about the psychology of terrorism, and the
question of whether a spiritual approach to evil is necessary, or
whether evil can be approached from a purely secular point of view.
In Understanding Evil, a combination of psychoanalytic and Jungian
theory allows the practitioner a deep understanding of the problem
of evil. The book will appeal to analytical psychologists and
psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, and academics and students of
Jungian and post-Jungian studies. It will also be of great interest
to researchers approaching the question of evil from a variety of
other fields, including philosophy and religious studies.
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