| The Trauma Controversy: Philosophical and Interdisciplinary Dialogues Contributor(s): Golden, Kristen Brown (Editor), Bergo, Bettina G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1438428197 ISBN-13: 9781438428192 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2009 Annotation: More than a psychiatric or spiritual condition, trauma is an experience that exceeds the capacity of language to fix and settle it. As trauma crosses the lives of individuals and erupts into cultural and historical collectivities, it invites comparison with psychological dilemmas. But how best to compare individual and social trauma? What is the relationship between physical trauma and psychic trauma? How do cultures recover from trauma? To address these and other questions, the essays in The Trauma Controversy plumb the significance of various notions of trauma from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Mental Health - Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis |
| Dewey: 155.93 |
| LCCN: 2008054158 |
| Series: Suny Series in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.10 lbs) 280 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: More than a psychiatric or spiritual condition, trauma is an experience that exceeds the capacity of language to fix and settle it. As trauma crosses the lives of individuals and erupts into cultural and historical collectivities, it invites comparison with psychological dilemmas. But how best to compare individual and social trauma? What is the relationship between physical trauma and psychic trauma? How do cultures recover from trauma? To address these and other questions, the essays in The Trauma Controversy plumb the significance of various notions of trauma from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. Adopting psychoanalytic, clinical, historical, anthropological, and philosophical frameworks as well as engaging the ideas of a diverse range of thinkers, including Merleau-Ponty, Freud, Foucault, Heidegger, and Kristeva, The Trauma Controversy takes a productive and important step in advancing our understanding of trauma. |