Israel on the Couch: The Psychology of the Peace ProcessBy applying a clinical psychologist s insight into the Israeli-Arab conflict, Ofer Grosbard lays the foundation for a new theory and practice that espouses the use of clinical tools to promote relations between countries, religions, political parties, cultures, and different identities. |
Contents
The Jewish People | 9 |
The Dynamic of the Peace Process The Peace Process A Business Negotiation or an Emotional Bond? | 19 |
The Peace Process as a Process of Emotional Growth | 23 |
Emotional Resistance to the Peace Process | 31 |
The Whole World Is Against Us | 35 |
Denial of Aggression and Fear and Its Price | 44 |
Is Our Sense of Reality Valid? | 52 |
The Story We Tell Ourselves and the World about Ourselves The National Anthem | 63 |
The Palestinian Refugees | 87 |
A Palestinian State | 93 |
Murderers or Heroes? | 113 |
The Arabs and UsAn Intersubjective Approach Arab Insult | 122 |
Arab Thinking | 130 |
Speaking to Arabs | 146 |
The Nonconventional Threat | 157 |
Postscript | 182 |
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