Are there therapies for bad cosmologies?
This paper explores geopolitics in terms of 'deep culture'--the assumptions and beliefs in the subconscious of individuals and in the collective subconscious, which are expressed in the ways nations and groups of nations relate to each other. One deep structure is the 'chosenness-myth-trauma' syndrome. Three structural reactions to mental disorder--sociotherapy, somatherapy and psychotherapy--are then applied to international relations. The possibility of collective therapy for a nation or group of nations is described.
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European Peace University, Alicante.
D002962:Civilization; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000208:ethnology / Q000628:therapy*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011057:Politics; D011593:Psychology, Social; D011613:Psychotherapy; D014857:Warfare