Trauma and Self

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Charles B. Strozier, Michael Flynn
Rowman & Littlefield, 1996 - Psychology - 303 pages
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, 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.
 

Contents

IV
3
V
19
VI
29
VII
45
VIII
57
IX
59
X
69
XI
81
XIX
175
XX
185
XXI
197
XXII
205
XXIII
221
XXIV
231
XXV
245
XXVI
255

XII
95
XIII
99
XIV
119
XV
129
XVI
131
XVII
151
XVIII
159
XXVII
267
XXVIII
279
XXIX
287
XXX
297
XXXI
301
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Charles B. Strozier is a psychoanalyst & the author of "Lincoln's Quest for Union" & "Apocalypse: On the Psychology of Fundamentalism in America". He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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