A case of violence -- The myth of original sin and the death instinct -- Aggression and violence -- From attunement to attachment and the trauma of loss -- The psychobiological roots of violence -- Secure and insecure attachment in the formation of the self -- Self and other -- In defence of the self -- The unspeakable: child sexual abuse -- Psychological trauma and attachment -- From psychological trauma to violence and psychiatric illness -- Cultures and violence -- The dehumanisation of the "other" -- The traumatic origins of legitimate violence -- Love and hate.