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 ...
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) ...
Kendi Divaninda Bir Psikanalist (Biography of Vamik Volkan)
A biography of IDI Founder and President Emeritus Vamik Volkan. In Turkish ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Shrinking the News: Headline Stories on the Couch
Shrinking the News brings together Coline Covington's wide range of articles from her regular column in the online newspaper, The Week. The articles cover current events from October 2008 until ...
Enemies on the Couch: A Psychopolitical Journey Through War and Peace
For more than 30 years, renowned psychoanalyst Vamik D. Volkan has applied the theories of his profession to societies in conflict, venturing into cauldrons of unrest as observer, mediator, and ...
Psychoanalysis, International Relations and Diplomacy: A Sourcebook on Large-Group Diplomacy
The author has three goals in writing this book. The first is to explore large-group identity such as ethnic identity, diplomacy, political propaganda, terrorism and the role of leaders in ...
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, ...
