Shrinking the News brings togetherthe author'swide range of articles from her regular column in the online newspaper, The Week. The articles cover current events from October 2008 until December 2010, concluding with more recent articles from 2013. These articles form a fascinat…
Following the attacks of September 11, one of the resounding questions asked was 'What would make anyone do such a thing?' The psychological mentality of the suicidal terrorist left a gaping hole in people's understanding. This essential volume represents a much-needed effort to…
Following the attacks of September 11, one of the resounding questions asked was 'What would make anyone do such a thing?' The psychological mentality of the suicidal terrorist left a gaping hole in people's understanding. This essential volume represents a much-needed effort to…
Introduction -- Evil and destructiveness: a psychoanalytic view -- Hannah Arendt: evil and the eradication of thought -- Invisible handcuffs: the psychodynamics of capture-bonding -- The origin of morality -- Witnessing evil -- Demonization and mass killing: the other as evil --…
