Trauma and Self |
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Author:
| Strozier, Charles B. Flynn, Michael |
Contribution by:
| Strozier, Charles B. Birnbaum, Norman Brooks, Peter Caruth, Cathy Caws, Mary Ann Doi, Takeo Dorban, Joshua Dunne, John S. Epstein, Cynthia Fuchs Elshtain, Jean Bethke Feder, Lillian Friedman, Lawrence J. Gitlin, Todd Goodman, David G. Herman, Judith Lewis Holton, Gerald Horowitz, Frances Degen Lifton, Betty Jean Palgi, Phyllis Riesman, David Sennett, Richard Singer, Margaret Thaler Tiger, Lionel Wachtel, Paul L. Walsh, Noel |
ISBN: | 978-0-8476-8228-7 |
Publication Date: | May 1996 |
Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $116.00USD $116.00 |
Book Description:
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This remarkable collection of original essays, written by prominent scholars recognized for their achievements in a wide range of disciplines, defines trauma as a disruption in the fragile process of symbolization, or the human capacity to imbue life with meaning by representing the self's immortality. The contributors analyze the multiple meanings and deeper significance of trauma, whether of shell-shocked war veterans or victims of sexual abuse, and they discuss its manifestations,...
More DescriptionThis remarkable collection of original essays, written by prominent scholars recognized for their achievements in a wide range of disciplines, defines trauma as a disruption in the fragile process of symbolization, or the human capacity to imbue life with meaning by representing the self's immortality. The contributors analyze the multiple meanings and deeper significance of trauma, whether of shell-shocked war veterans or victims of sexual abuse, and they discuss its manifestations, both subtle and obvious, in human behavior and memory. Organized as an honorary volume to Robert Jay Lifton, who identified trauma as the core psychological issue of the postmodern world, this book demonstrates how trauma and other fundamental breaks in human continuity inform psychiatric, historical, religious, literary, political, cultural, and scientific interpretations of the self.