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According to May, violence is bred in impotence and apathy (May, 1972). This can be particularly important for those who have little or no advantage in our society. In Power and Innocence (May, 1972), May described a patient who was a young, Black woman.
Jan 1, 1996 · When we understand the root causes of the human need for violence, we will be able to make an ally of the energy it liberates." -- June Singer, author of Boundaries of the Soul "Diamond shows how existential depth psychology can help us understand the anger and violence so rampant in American society. He explains how we are both subject to and ...
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Psychology. In psychology, the daimonic refers to a natural human impulse within everyone to affirm, assert, perpetuate, and increase the self to its complete totality. If each Self undergoes a process of individuation, an involuntary and natural development towards individual maturity and harmony with collective human nature, then its driver ...
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Daimonic. The contemporary term “daimonic” (Latin spelling daemonic) is based on the archaic Greek word daimon ( di–mone ). The genesis of the daimon idea is decidedly difficult to pin down. Empedocles, the fifth-century bc pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, employed this term in describing the psyche or soul; to be even more precise, he ...
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Jan 1, 2001 · “An impressive, prodigious work; so comprehensive, so rich, and very creative. This excellent book is unique in making sense of the ‘senseless violence’ that permeates American society today. When we understand the root causes of the human need for violence, we will be able to make an ally of the energy it liberates.”
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Feb 21, 2017 · Diamond ( 2013 ), a student of May, refers to the parts of oneself that are threatening (e.g., aggression, anger and rage, tension between the sexes, and fears around one’s sexual identity), as the daimonic, creating tension in a person that can either be a creative tension or lead to violence or personal difficulty.
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