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The articles written from a psychoanalytic perspective deepen the understanding of the enormous problem of violence and its glorification in our culture and what can be done about it. By focusing on what is taking place inside the minds of people and groups of people who contribute to violence and its glorification, greater understanding and repair become available.
The importance of quality and quantity of communication and relatedness from all levels of consciousness and unconsciousness (Lothane, Waugaman, Nissim-Sabat, Summers, Twemlow, Nayar-Akhtar).
The shifting dynamics that reverberate within the person because of “restrictions of options” (Nissim-Sabat) that are not only present in culture, but have been internalized and effect the responses to current actual restrictions of options because of the difficulty in transforming repetitions into narratives.
The shifting dynamics also applies to the grandiosity and idealization of being a North American (Summers), which is defensive against narcissistic injuries because at one time they appeared impossible to live with.
Without an appreciation of altruism and cooperation as a fundamental motivation, possibilities of change are often time missed (Twemlow).
We have a growing literature on the application of psychoanalytic knowledge in the community. Psychoanalytic Inquiry devoted an entire issue to psychoanalysts in the trenches (“The Community Analyst in Troubled Waters,” 2012, Volume 32[2]) that demonstrates how useful psychoanalytic understanding can be when applied in the community.