Know Thyself
Our Hidden Selves in a Precarious World
$36.06
- Paperback
306 pages
- Release Date
6 February 2026
Summary
As a child survivor of the Holocaust, Paul Valent’s life’s work has been an investigation into the reasons why humans – who have the capacity to love and care for each other – too often hate and hurt each other instead. Over eight decades, utilising major investigations into how the brain works, he comes to understand the workings of his own mind, the minds of patients, victims, and eventually, with courage and sensitivity, the minds of perpetrators.
Valent reveals how the bulk of our…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922768506 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1922768502 |
| Author: | Paul Valent |
| Publisher: | Hybrid Publishers |
| Imprint: | Hybrid Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 306 |
| Release Date: | 6 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 383g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 156mm x 234mm |
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Paul Valent
Paul Valent
Paul Valent is a psychiatrist, author, traumatologist, and violentologist. Born in Bratislava, Slovakia, in 1938, he survived the Holocaust in Hungary. In 1949, he and his parents migrated to Australia.
Valent studied medicine in Melbourne and graduated as a psychiatrist in London. He then worked in Israel, where he researched the psychological effects of the Six-Day War.
Upon returning to Australia, Valent served as a consultant psychiatrist, primarily in emergency departments at Prince Henry’s Hospital and Monash Medical Centre. He has also maintained a private practice.
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