Prisoners of Hate

Name: Prisoners of Hate
ISBN: 9787521752649

阿伦·贝克CITIC Press2024

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ISBN: 9787521752649

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Summary

Prisoners of Hate is a representative work by Aaron T. Beck, the founder of cognitive behavioral therapy and an American psychiatrist, originally titled Prisoners of Hate: The Cognitive Basis of Anger, Hostility, and Violence. Starting from cognitive psychology and evolutionary psychology, the book answers a series of progressively deeper questions: Why do we turn love into hate? What do terrorism and group prejudice have in common? How should we understand the great massacres and large-scale wars of history? How does the "monster" within a person gradually spiral out of control, and how can the good side of human nature be awakened? The book is divided into three parts. Part One, "The Roots of Anger," analyzes the psychological mechanisms of anger: how the mind is "hijacked," how self-serving bias and the "victim" mentality form, how a fragile self-image turns injury into hostility, and how people mentally tally the "offenses" others have committed against them; on this basis Beck introduces concepts such as cognitive distortion, coercive rules, and "the tyranny of the should," and analyzes how intimate relationships turn love into hate. Part Two, "Violence: Individuals and Groups," pulls the camera back to discuss individual violence such as partner abuse, problem families, and sexual violence; group prejudice, collective delusion, and terrorism; and the construction of the "enemy image" in persecution, genocide, and war propaganda. Part Three, "From Darkness to Light," turns to solutions: attachment, empathy, altruism, and the possibility of cooperation, as well as psychological intervention strategies for recognizing the meaning of events, managing expectation systems, handling conflict, and controlling violent impulses. The book contains not only cognitive profiles of individual cases but also wide-ranging references to macro-historical events; it has been described as a psychological epic of how "the wrath of one man" escalates into the flames of war, helping readers understand the shared cognitive framework underlying individual anger and collective violence.

Editor's review

阿伦·贝克被誉为“认知行为疗法之父”，是20世纪最具影响力的心理治疗师之一，曾获拉斯克医学奖。他把一生用于研究抑郁、焦虑与敌意，而《愤怒的囚徒》正是他把临床智慧投向人性暗面的一次总攻。本书的独特之处在于视角的贯通：从夫妻争吵、亲子冲突，到种族偏见、恐怖主义与战争动员，贝克证明它们背后运行着同一套认知机制——把自己放在“风暴之眼”，把对方简化为“敌人意象”，再用“他没有权利这样对我”的强制性规则为报复颁发许可证。译者汪瞻、位照国、陈宇然均为临床心理与精神卫生领域专业人士，译文准确且可读。全书三部分层层推进：先拆解愤怒的心理构造，再放大到群体暴力的规模，最后给出可操作的心理干预路径。它既不是让你“别生气”的鸡汤，也不是抽象的学术论文，而是一份理解冲突并练习自我松绑的手册。在舆论极化、情绪易燃的当下，这本书尤其值得一读：它提醒我们，愤怒的牢门往往从内部上锁，而钥匙就握在自己手里。

Who it's for

A good fit for

对愤怒、敌意与暴力心理机制好奇的普通读者
心理咨询师、精神科医生及心理学专业学生
希望改善亲密关系与家庭沟通的人
关注群体偏见、恐怖主义与战争成因的社科读者

Not a good fit for

只想快速获得情绪管理技巧、不愿深入分析认知模式的读者
期待纯案例故事而排斥理论与历史分析的读者
正处强烈愤怒或创伤中、需要即时危机干预的读者

Reading tips

先读第一部分，弄清“利己偏见”与“应该的暴政”等核心概念，再进入群体暴力部分。
读每章时对照自己最近的愤怒事件，写下当时的自动化想法与认知扭曲类型。
第13章的心理干预策略可边读边练，配合觉察日记记录触发点与替代解释。
若关注社会议题，可将第9至11章与当下新闻对照阅读，留意“敌人意象”的话术。

About the publisher

CITIC Press China · Founded in 1988

Founded in 1988 and affiliated with China CITIC Group, CITIC Press focuses on business and economics, social sciences, literature and children's books, with common categories covering social sciences, finance, literature, Eastern philosophy and literary appreciation. Its library holds 91 titles, including Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens trilogy, Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Wu Xiaobo's Thirty Years of Strife: Chinese Enterprises 1978–2008, Nelly Sachs's The Weight of Butterflies: Selected Poems of Nelly Sachs, as well as New Interpretations of the Analects and Chiang Hsun's lectures on Dream of the Red Chamber. Its authors and translators include Lin Junhong, Ba Shusong, Chen Li and Chang Fen-ling. Overall, the press introduces influential works in finance and social sciences while balancing classic translation and local appreciation in literature and Eastern philosophy, combining academic depth with accessible reading.

Preface to the Chinese Edition
Translator's Preface: Dismantling the Prison of Anger
Introduction
Part One: The Roots of Anger
Chapter 1: The Prison of Anger: How the Mind Is Hijacked
Chapter 2: The Eye of the Storm ("I"): Self-Serving Bias
Chapter 3: From Injury to Anger: The Fragile Self-Image
Chapter 4: Let Me Count How You Have Wronged Me
Chapter 5: The Most Primitive Way of Thinking: Cognitive Errors and Distortions
Chapter 6: The Formula of Anger: Rights, Immorality, and Revenge
Chapter 7: Intimate Enemies: The Transformation of Love and Hate
Part Two: Violence: Individuals and Groups
Chapter 8: Individual Violence: The Psychology of Crime
Chapter 9: Collective Delusion: Group Prejudice and Violence
Chapter 10: Persecution and Genocide: Creating Monsters and Devils
Chapter 11: Images and Misunderstandings in War: Constructing the "Deadly Enemy"
Part Three: From Darkness to Light
Chapter 12: The Bright Side of Human Nature: Attachment, Altruism, and Cooperation
Chapter 13: Moving Beyond Anger: Psychological Intervention Strategies
Chapter 14: Prospects and Outlook: Using Reason to Create a Good Life

FAQ

这本书适合零心理学基础的读者吗？

适合。贝克写作以案例和通俗语言见长，核心概念如认知扭曲、强制性规则都有具体例子支撑；读者只需耐心跟随论证，不必先掌握认知行为疗法的专业知识。

《愤怒的囚徒》和一般情绪管理书有什么不同？

多数情绪管理书停留在技巧层面，本书则从认知结构入手，把个人愤怒与群体仇恨、种族灭绝、战争放在同一框架中考察，并给出针对个人与群体的干预思路，理论视野更宏观。

书中讨论战争与种族灭绝，会不会过于沉重？

第二部分的题材确实严肃，但贝克的目的是揭示暴力背后可被识别的认知模式，第三部分则专门讨论依恋、同理心、利他主义与走出愤怒的策略，整体基调偏向理解与希望。

读完后能立刻控制自己的脾气吗？

本书提供的是认知层面的长期训练方法，而非速效技巧。需要结合觉察记录与刻意练习，逐步识别触发点、修正绝对化规则，才可能看到真实改变。

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Aaron Beck is a well-known author in the field of psychology, and his work Depression (Original Book, 2nd Edition) is classified in the library under psychological research. Because public information is limited, no speculation is made here about his education, positions, or biographical details; this introduction focuses on his work. As the title indicates, the book addresses the topic of depression and appears as a second edition of the original work, which usually means the content has been revised and updated to help readers understand relevant theories and research developments more systematically. Writing of this kind tends to emphasize the definition of concepts, the organization of clinical observations, and the presentation of research evidence, with a rigorous and clear academic style that serves students and researchers. Within the library's holdings, this single work offers readers access to his discussion of the subject and helps them judge whether it suits their research or reading interests.