By Vamik Volkan, MD, DLFAPA
Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
- Dr. Volkan’s book, “Large-Group Psychology: Racism, Societal Divisions, Narcissistic Leaders and Who We Are Now” received the prestigious “GRADIVA 2021 BEST BOOK AWARD.”
- In December 2021 Dr. Volkan’s book “Therapeutic Approaches to Varied Psychoanalytic Cases”, translated by Cheng Hao, was published both in China and Taiwan.
- In February 2022 Dr. Volkan’s most recent book, co-authored by Kevin Volkan, “Schizophrenia – Science, Psychoanalysis, and Culture” was published. This book brings together the complex history, causes, and treatments of schizophrenia in an easy-to-read and academically rigorous text.
- https://audioboom.com/posts/8039777-large-group-identity-and-war-with-dr-vamik-volkan
In this podcast Dr Vamik Volkan shares some of his key ideas, such as how large group identities form around ‘chosen traumas’ and ‘chosen glories’, and how these are mobilized by leaders. He shows how leaders personal experiences are played out in large group dynamics, and he addresses what drives Vladimir Putin and reflects on the current war in Ukraine.
