Wounded Monster - Dorpat, Theo L

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Résumé :
Few authors who have written about Hitler have understood the deeply damaging effects of psychic trauma on his private life and the way he functioned in the public sphere. Nearly all major biographers have neglected the importance of Hitler's childhood trauma and his later combat trauma during World War I. In Wounded Monster, Theo Dorpat demonstrates how extreme emotional and physical abuse from his father, and his unusually long combat service during the Great War became the most formative influences of his life, resulting in severe psychiatric disorders. This psychiatric biography of Hitler discusses the central importance of his vulnerability to shame emotions, as well as the trauma-induced construction of an extensive repertoire of mainly unconscious mechanisms for the avoidance of feelings of shame. Dorpat provides deep insights into Hitler's shame vulnerability as a prime cause of his suicidal behavior, including his suicide threats, two failed suicide attempts, and his final completed suicide. This work will assist those attempting to explain Hitler and his actions, through an examination of the influences that shaped his psyche....

Biographie:
Theo L. Dorpat...

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Chapter 1 Acknowledgments
Chapter 2 Introduction and Overview
Chapter 3 Young Adolf, 1889-1907: Childhood and Family
Chapter 4 Klara and Adolf, 1889-1907: The Contribution of Hitler's Mother to His Personality Development
Chapter 5 Vienna, 1908-1913: Failure, Hardship and Misery
Chapter 6 Crucible of War, 1914-1918
Chapter 7 Breakdown, 1918-1920
Chapter 8 Malevolence and Grandiosity, 1919-1945
Chapter 9 Charisma and Seduction: Some Long-Term Effects of Hitler's Chronic Traumas on His Personality, 1920-1945
Chapter 10 Hitler's Relationships with Individuals and Groups, 1920-1939
Chapter 11 The World's First Superman: The Myth of Hitler as Infallible War Lord, 1939-1942
Chapter 12 The Ailing War Lord, 1942-1945
Chapter 13 Trauma and Psychic Development- An Explanation of Hitler's Lack of Virtue and His Emotional Maturity
Chapter 14 Appendix A: Walter Langer's Predictions about Hitler: An Informal Test of the Predictive Power of Psychoanalytic Methods
Chapter 15 Appendix B: DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic Criteria for Hitler's Psychiatric Disorders
Chapter 16 References
Chapter 17 Index