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Danse Macabre and Other Stories: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Global Dynamics

Author(s) : Halina Brunning, Author(s) : Olya Khaleelee

Reviews and Endorsements

A wonderful book offering depth insights into the dynamics of a troubled world. It reveals how psychological and social forces dance unconsciously together, shaping the emotions and thinking which impact on our collective lives. Whether working with individuals, or working to change organisations and wider society, the learning from this deeply thoughtful book will be profound. A must-read for all who desire to “create the good society”.
Dr Simon Western, CEO of Analytic Network Coaching; Adjunct Professor at University College Dublin, past President of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations

A book that takes readers into the underlying meaning of global concerns and events. It demonstrates how psychoanalytically informed thinking can throw light on such issues as immigration, political leadership, climate change, colonisation, and globalisation. Moreover, interspersed through the chapters are stories that illustrate the more personal impacts of these global events, bringing such concerns home to us all. This book demonstrates global psychodynamics as an important field of study.
Professor Susan Long, Director of Research at the National Institute of Organisation Dynamics Australia, distinguished member of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organisations, Associate of the Tavistock Institute

Together with a number of great colleagues, Halina Brunning and Olya Khaleelee bring a wealth of experience and thought to the telling of stories with meaning, purpose, and insight. This is an excellent and intriguing volume, and I thoroughly recommend it.
Professor Mark Stein, Chair in Leadership and Management, University of Leicester, UK

Halina Brunning and Olya Khaleelee have once again managed to produce a thought-provoking text that captivates the reader through its accessible writing-style. The establishing of an umbrella-perspective on current global social dynamics does not trivialise different facets of experience portrayed by each story. This beautiful piece of writing appreciates the complexity and troubles of our world today without painting it black. The span and scope of influence considered in this book across time and space make this a truly unique contribution to our global awareness and should be read by anyone who want to gain deeper understanding about how their own experience fits into the bigger picture.
Dr Nadine Tchelebi, senior consultant and editor of Organisational and Social Dynamics

Through a series of original storytelling exercises proposed by several systems, psychodynamic experts and scientists Halina Brunning and Olya Khaleelee offer precious unconscious assumptions about recent social, religious, and political phenomena in a variety of countries. By exploring the fight between Eros and Thanatos in society, where social defences, disappearing containers, splitting, threats on identity, perverse leaders, and vulnerability play a major role, they meaningfully follow Freud’s attempt to explore clinically our world and possibly give way to a better form of civilisation.
Gilles Amado, Dr Psych, Emeritus Professor of Psychosociology (HEC Paris), founding member of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations (ISPSO), member of the French Society for Group Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (SFPPG)