The Fraternal Complex in the Middle East: Group and Family Psychoanalysis for Peacemaking and Peacebuilding...

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Hana Salaam Abdel-Malek

The Fraternal Complex in the Middle East

Group and Family Psychoanalysis for Peacemaking and Peacebuilding

Hana Salaam Abdel-Malek

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Routledge
10 March 2025

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology); Politics & government; Psychotherapy

The Fraternal Complex in the Middle East extends group and family psychoanalytic concepts to formulate hypotheses on the psychic functioning of nation-states as very large families.

Focusing on the history of Lebanon as a nation-state, the emergence and role of Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the rise and role of Hamas in the Palestinian sociopolitical field, Hana Salaam Abdel-Malek interprets historical events and conflicts as symptoms of unconscious group and family psychic functioning. This perspective offers insight into the unconscious forces that drive conflicts, especially for mediators and peace architects working on Middle East issues. Salaam Abdel-Malek also proposes a group psychoanalytic approach to provide peacemakers and peacebuilders with complementary mediation tools that can foster transformation and shield or decontaminate them and their practices from the potentially traumatic elements of their profession.

The Fraternal Complex in the Middle East will be of interest to group analysts, psychoanalysts in practice and in training, psychologists and mediators. It will also be relevant for readers interested in peacemaking, social conflict and conflict transformation.

By: Hana Salaam Abdel-Malek
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9781032900247
ISBN 10: 1032900245
Pages: 126
Publication Date: 10 March 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Permissions About the author Preface Introduction Part I: Group and family psychoanalytic analysis of the Middle East conflicts Chapter one Group and family psychoanalytic theoretical frameworks Chapter two Birth of a nation-state: A battle for boundaries or dialogue? Chapter three Hezbollah: Lebanon’s identified patient? Chapter four Israeli–Palestinian conflict: The archaic fraternal complex Chapter five Hamas: The ideology of brotherhood Chapter six Reflections on national and international dialogues Part II: A group psychoanalytic device for peacemaking and peacebuilding Chapter seven Group psychoanalytic device and group psychoanalytic psychodrama Chapter eight A group psychoanalytic approach to peacemaking Chapter nine A group psychoanalytic approach to the analysis of peacemakers’ practices Chapter ten A group psychoanalytic social dreaming matrix for peacemakers and peacebuilders Index

Hana Salaam Abdel-Malek is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst, and a member of the Paris Psychoanalytical Society and the International Psychoanalytical Association. She works in private practice in Beirut, specialising in couples, families and groups. She has practised law and received training in negotiation, mediation and peacemaking.