A Terrible Love of War

War is a timeless force in the human imagination—and indeed in daily life. Engaged in the activity of destruction its soldiers and its victims discover a paradoxical yet profound sense of existing of being human. In A Terrible Love of War James Hillman one of today’s most respected psychologists undertakes a groundbreaking examination of the essence of war its psychological origins and inhuman behaviors. Utilizing reports from many fronts and times letters from combatants analyses by military authorities classic myths and writings from great thinkers including Twain Tolstoy Kant Arendt Foucault and Levinas Hillman’s broad sweep and detailed research bring a fundamentally new understanding to humanity’s simultaneous attraction and aversion to war. This is a compelling necessary book in a violent world.