Books by Vamik Volkan
Blind Trust
by Vamik Volkan
Volkan looks at how groups are influenced in a very profound way by traumatic and distant historic events. Time collapses between the distant past and the here-and-now. The community adopts symbolically significant ‘chosen traumas’. The leaders are also symbolically important and become invested with enormous power in communities where there is violence, which is why he calls the book Blind Trust.
Interviews where books by Vamik Volkan were recommended
The best books on The Psychology of Terrorism, recommended by Lord Alderdice
Terrorism is a misused, overused term. Correctly used, it refers to a specific form of asymmetric warfare. The Northern Ireland peace negotiator tells us how and why it starts and what can end it.
