Killing in the Name of Identity

Why do they hate us so? Vamik Volkan has the most compelling, humane, and universal response to the riddle of our time. In this extraordinary and timely book, Volkan explains better than anyone the relationship between large-group identities and massive traumas and current events and ongoing conflicts around the world, including those related to the horrific attacks of 9/11

Vamik Volkan is an emeritus professor of psychiatry at the University of Virginia. He is the author of numerous books, including The Need to have Enemies and Allies, Bloodlines, and, most recently, Blind Trust. He is widely recognized as the worldAEs leading authority on the application of psychodynamic theory to ethnic and sectarian conflict.