Power and Politics

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The Psychology of Soviet-American Partnership

Jerome S. Bernstein

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Shambhala Publications Inc
15 February 2013

History of other lands

This book provides in very practical terms a new way of understanding what is happening in Soviet-American relations and where we need to go from here. The author believes that we are entering a new political era as the result of profound psychological changes taking place behind the international scenes, and he identifies the archetypal forces that underlie these changes. Unlike most psychological writings on the subject, this book examines the collective influences that have impelled the superpowers toward conflict and are simultaneously impelling them toward cooperation. It argues that psychology must play a dramatic role in international relations if humanity is to avoid self-annihilation. It is the act of war itself-and not specific conflicts between groups and nations-that is the greatest threat to human survival, and our realization of this fact marks a critical turning point in the evolution of civilization. In documenting this historical evolutionary shift, Jerome Bernstein discusses the role of the hero archetype in the psychology of U.S.-Soviet relations, a redefinition of war and peace in radically new terms, and the dynamic of paranoia as a nonpathological as well as pathological factor in foreign affairs.

By: Jerome S. Bernstein
Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 388g
ISBN: 9781570629389
ISBN 10: 1570629382
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 15 February 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jerome S. Bernstein is a Jungian analyst and clinical psychologist with a private practice in Washington, D.C. He was an official in the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity, has been a lobbyist on Capitol Hill and a consultant to the Mayor of New York and the governor of New Jersey, and has served on several White House task forces. For five years he was a consultant to the chairman of the Navajo Indian tribe. Mr. Bernstein has been vice-chairman of the C. G. Jung Institute of New York and is founding president of the C. G. Jung Analysts Association of Greater Washington, D.C.

Reviews for Power and Politics: The Psychology of Soviet-American Partnership

Jerome Bernstein's book is historically significant in more than one way. It addresses itself to a momentous historical problem of our particular time, the problem of collective survival, which never in human history has assumed the threatening importance it has for us now. And secondly, it is the first systematic attempt to apply the insights of Jungian depth psychology to transpersonal collective political dynamics. --Edward C. Whitmont, M.D. For too long, both the U.S. and Soviet governments have worked to portray each other as evil incarnate. Policies with life or death implications for billions of people have been formulated in both capitals by policymakers with blinders on. Power and Politics provides useful insights into the universal psychological motivations that have contributed to these patterns and to the seventy years of misunderstandings and hostility. --Representative Claudine Schneider