Vamık Volkan

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Vamık Volkan (2007)

Vamık Djemal Volkan (born December 13, 1932 in Nicosia ) is an American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst of Cypriot Turkish origin and professor emeritus at the University of Virginia , who has made a name for himself in the field of peace and conflict research.

Life

Vamık Volkan comes from a Turkish family in Cyprus and studied medicine at Ankara University . In 1957 he emigrated to the USA, where he trained as a psychiatrist and analyst . Until 2001 he was professor of psychiatry at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville .

Peace and Conflict Research

Volkan researches the psychology of international conflicts and developed new theories of large group behavior in times of peace and war. He was a founding member and president of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP). In 1987 he founded the Center for the Study of Mind and Human Interaction (CSMHI), which he headed until 2002. The CSMHI is an interdisciplinary center that specializes in conflict resolution and peace work, especially in Eastern Europe .

Volkan worked as a consultant, mediator and envoy for the UN as well as for the American Psychiatric Association and other international organizations in many crisis areas of the world and was active in preventive and acute crisis intervention .

In 2006 he headed an international symposium of the Sigmund Freud Private Foundation on the subject of "Psychoanalysis and Violence". In the 2006 summer semester, Vamık Volkan was also a Freud Fulbright Professor at the Sigmund Freud Private Foundation.

Vamık Volkan is the author and co-author of more than 30 books that have been translated into more than 12 languages.

Awards

Vamik Volkan was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005, 2006 and 2007 .

Works in German

  • Blind trust. Large groups and their leaders in times of crisis and terror (Original title: Blind Trust: Large Groups and Their Leaders in Times of Crisis and Terror ). Psychosozial-Verlag, Giessen 2005. ISBN 3-89806-291-0
  • The infantile psychotic self and its further development. Understanding and treating schizophrenic and other difficult patients . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 2003, ISBN 3-525-46202-6
  • with Elizabeth Zintl: Paths of Mourning. Life with death and loss. Psychosozial-Verlag, Giessen 2000. ISBN 3-932133-98-6
  • The failure of diplomacy. For the psychoanalysis of national, ethnic and religious conflicts . Psychosozial-Verlag, Giessen 1999, ISBN 3-932133-49-8
  • Psychoanalysis of early object relationships. For the psychoanalytic treatment of psychotic, prepsychotic and narcissistic disorders Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1978, 2nd edition 1999, ISBN 3-608-94216-5
  • Blood lines. The historical roots and psychological mechanisms of ethnic conflicts and their importance in peace negotiations. (Original title: Blood lines ) Scherz, Bern 1999, ISBN 3-502-15800-2
  • with Gabriele Ast: Spectrum of Narcissism: a clinical study of healthy narcissism, narcissistic-masochistic character, narcissistic personality organization, malignant narcissism and successful narcissism . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1994, ISBN 3-525-45770-7
  • with Gabriele Ast: A borderline therapy: structural and object relationship conflicts in the psychoanalysis of the borderline personality organization . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1992, ISBN 3-525-45739-1

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ vamikvolkan.com ( Memento from February 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ vamikvolkan.com ( Memento from February 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Volkan, Vamık
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Volkan, Vamık Djemal (full name); Volkan, Vamik D.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, peace and conflict researcher
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Nicosia , Cyprus