Lesley University DigitalCommons@Lesley Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences Expressive Therapies Dissertations (GSASS) 2012 The Role of Defense Mechanisms of Israeli Society in Relationship to the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict: From “1948 Repression” to Artistic Sublimation Keren Shechter Lesley University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/expressive_dissertations Part of the Art Therapy Commons, Near and Middle Eastern Studies Commons, and the Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Commons Recommended Citation Shechter, Keren, "The Role of Defense Mechanisms of Israeli Society in Relationship to the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict: From “1948 Repression” to Artistic Sublimation" (2012). Expressive Therapies Dissertations. 42. https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/expressive_dissertations/42 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences (GSASS) at DigitalCommons@Lesley. It has been accepted for inclusion in Expressive Therapies Dissertations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Lesley. For more information, please contact
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