Apocalyptic themes in times of trouble
When young men are deeply alienated
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8984136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Tyminski (0000-0001-6324-8052, SAN FRANCISCO, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 27-43 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-23 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Analytical Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8774 • E-ISSN: 1465-5922 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-5922.12572 |
| PMID | 31972895 |
| OpenAlex | W3001172056 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Boys and young men more frequently live out aspects of their psychic and social alienation online. This paper explores some of the risks and dangers that can arise from retreats into the two-dimensional world of cyberspace. It focuses more specifically on videogaming called MOBA, multi-player online battle arena games, in which players point and shoot at others. A case example emphasizes the clinical problems emerging from violent fantasies that seek a false form of containment in cyberspace. Themes of destructive fantasizing are further amplified through images of apocalypse, which are often prevalent in combat arena videogames. Textual sources from the Book of Revelation offer possible understanding for various elements of destructiveness as it appears in vulnerable male psyches. Therapeutic contact that combines a relational, containing approach and a broadly spiritual and soulful perspective can provide a path to healing such violent splits within the psyches of boys and young men
Alienation · Art · Battle · Cyberspace · Literature · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Psychic · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Revelation · Social alienation · The Internet · Visual arts · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · History · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Violence, Religion, and Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |