Irit Keynan

Psychological War Trauma and Society (eBook, ePUB)

Like a hidden wound

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores psychological war trauma and society, arguing that the enigmas surrounding war trauma are rooted in culture, collective memory and social norms, which in turn present a lens through which broader aspects of society can be viewed and understood.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317540052
• Artikelnr.: 42643529

Autorenporträt

Irit Keynan is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Graduate Program for Education, Society and Culture, College for Academic Studies, Or Yehuda, Israel. She is also the author of two award winning books.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to the Non-Israeli Reader. Introduction: War trauma, myth, and
longing in Israeli society. Part 1: "In the Terrible Silence that
Followed": Soldiers, society and combat stress reaction Trapped in the
Myth. The Starting Point. The Early Decades: Starting point to turning
point. "The Helicopter isn't Coming": The wounded and the system. Trauma
and War Debate in Israel. Combat Stress Reaction in an Era of Social
Privatization Part 2: The Israeli Home Front: Between heroism and
victimhood Lower in Rank: Israeli citizens in war and terror. The Changing
Face of War and the Emergence of a Trauma Discourse. From Denial to
Recognition. The Trauma Discourse Dialectic. War Trauma in
Israeli-Palestinian Society. Part 3: The Shadow of War in People's Hearts:
In lieu of a conclusion The "Invention" of Trauma: Debate and
conceptualization. From Stone to Lake and Back: The individual and
collective circles of trauma. Epilogue