Publications

Books

For a list of papers from IDI members, click here.

IDI Board Member Ed Shapiro on “Finding A Place To Stand”

IDI board member Ed Shapiro's latest book, Finding A Place To Stand: Developing Self-Reflective Institutions, Leaders and Citizens, is now available for purchase. From the publisher: What stands between us ...
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Author Examines The Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma

The author and psychoanalyst Christy Lefteri, writing in The Guardian, examines the intergenerational transmission of trauma (with reference to scholarship by IDI President Gerard Fromm and President Emeritus Vamik Volkan) ...
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Kendi Divaninda Bir Psikanalist (Biography of Vamik Volkan)

A biography of IDI Founder and President Emeritus Vamik Volkan. In Turkish ...
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Immigrants and Refugees: Trauma, Perennial Mourning, Prejudice and Border Psychology

There are political, economic, legal, medical, cultural and religious aspects of the present refugee crisis in Europe. Difficulties in border crossings, settlement programs, life-saving issues and security measures present themselves ...
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A Nazi Legacy: Depositing, Transgenerational Transmission, Dissociation, And Remembering In Action

This book relates the psychoanalytic journey of a man in his thirties, a grandson of a high-level SS officer, whose case illustrates how individuals can sometimes suffer greatly or cause ...
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The Inner World In The Outer World: Psychoanalytic Perspectives

As psychoanalysis enters its second century, practitioners and researchers are shifting away from a focus on the isolated individual and toward analysis of the individual in the context of his ...
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Animal Killer: Transmission of War Trauma from One Generation to the Next

A psychoanalytic process from its beginning to its termination is described to illustrate crucial technical issues in the treatment of individuals with narcissistic personality organization and the countertransference manifestations such ...
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Blood Lines: From Ethnic Pride to Ethnic Terrorism

Papers

Why Do I Have To Do This?: Institutions, Integrity and Citizenship

For any individual, to identify with the needs of society is a developmental accomplishment; it is a marker of active citizenship, the capacity to lead from below. In this article, ...
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