From the Book - First edition.
pt. I. Instinctivism, behaviorism, psychoanalysis. The instinctivists
Environmentalists and behaviorists
Instinctivism and behaviorism : their differences and similarities
The psychoanalytic approach to the understanding of aggression
pt. II. The evidence against the instinctivist thesis. Neurophysiology
pt. III. The varieties of aggression and destructiveness and their respective conditions. Benign aggression
Malignant aggression : premises
Malignant aggression : cruelty and destructiveness
Malignant aggression : necrophilia
Malignant aggression : Adolf Hitler, a clinical case of necrophilia
Epilogue: On the ambiguity of hope
Appendix: Freud's theory of aggressiveness and destructiveness.
From the Book - First Owl book edition.
Part one. Instinctivism, behaviorism, psychoanalysis
Environmentalists and behaviorists
Instinctivism and behaviorism; their differences and similarities
The psychoanalytic approach to the understanding of aggression
Part two. The evidence against the instinctivist thesis
Part three. The varieties of aggression and detructiveness and their respective conditions
Malignant aggression: premises
Malignant aggression: cruelty and destructiveness
Malignant aggression: necrophilia
Malignant aggression: Adolf Hitler, a clinical case of necrophilia
Epilogue: On the ambiguity of hope.