Hatred: The Psychological Descent Into Violence
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Hatred: The Psychological Descent Into Violence

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We all get angry at the built-in frustrations and humiliations of everyday life. But few of us ever experience the intense and perverse hatred that inspires acts of malignant violence such as suicide bombings or ethnic massacres.

In Hatred, Dr.Willard Gaylin, one of America's most respected psychiatrists, describes how raw personal passions are transformed into acts of vi...more
Paperback, 272 pages
Published September 8th 2004 by PublicAffairs (first published 2003)
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David Withun
Oct 16, 2012 David Withun rated it 2 of 5 stars
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I had high hopes for this book, but, to be honest, I was very disappointed. Dr. Gaylin spends a great deal of the book repeating the same idea in as many different ways as he can possibly think of and engaging in tangents on a variety of subjects, including history, religion, and international relations, of which his knowledge his woefully deficient. Even when he does stay on topic and on point, I must express my disappointment and disagreement with his ideas, which seem to draw very heavily on...more
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