{"product_id":"blacks-and-jews-on-the-couch-psychoanalytic-reflections-on-black-jewish-conflict-hardcover","title":"Blacks and Jews on the Couch: Psychoanalytic Reflections on Black-Jewish Conflict - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Helmreich\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePaul Marcus\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack-Jewish relations--at the symbolic level--are in shambles, writes Cornel West. One has only to recall the 1991 Crown Heights tragedy and its aftermath to recognize to what extent Black-Jewish relations have deteriorated. The emergence of frequently anti-Semitic black demagogues like Louis Farrakhan and Leonard Jeffries and the Jewish community's turn to neo-conservatism have only made matters worse. Mistrust, ambivalence, and other negative feelings characterize much of Black-Jewish relations. Unlike most books on this topic which are written from a sociocultural, historical, and literary perspective, this anthology looks at the psychological motives, beliefs, and desires that impair relations between the two groups. For example, unresolved vulnerabilities in respective communities from the Holocaust and slavery remain driving and complex passions that still disrupt Black-Jewish relations. Psychoanalysis is a powerful conceptual tool to untangle these issues and other aspects of the larger societal race-relations problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eALAN HELMREICH was a freelance journalist specializing in Black-Jewish relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePAUL MARCUS is a psychoanalyst in private practice and member of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAutonomy in the Extreme Situation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBruno Bettelheim\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nazi Concentration Camps and the Mass Society\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 9.58 x 6.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47467882086653,"sku":"9780275956660","price":187.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/OG9QOVBjZFluTnNZaWpSL3FVSXlDZz09.webp?v=1777281299","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/blacks-and-jews-on-the-couch-psychoanalytic-reflections-on-black-jewish-conflict-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}