The Structural Trauma of Western Culture

Toward the End of Humanity
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-53227-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 201 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3997 g

This book describes the diverse manifestations of trauma and the ways in which trauma has shaped—and dismantled—our culture. Yochai Ataria describes how we are addicted to trauma and have become both its avid producers and consumers. Consequently, the culture in which we live has become posttraumatic in the deepest sense. This is apparent in the products that have shaped and continue to shape Western culture, ranging from the biblical sacrifice of Isaac to Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now. Ataria exposes the primary attributes of this so-called posttraumatic culture: sacrifice through action, an uncontrolled lust for blood, an inability to speak and describe things in words, a sense of foulness and alienation, emotional death, imperviousness, separation, and an overwhelming sense of exile.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ataria, Yochai

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Religionspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction1. The Sources of Western Trauma: From the Akeda of Isaac to Kafka2. Toward Post-Humanity: A Literary Consideration3. A Serious Man4. The Crisis of Manhood5. The New God of Anarchy6. The Body in the Post-Modern Era: A View from Captivity7. K's Fatalistic World8. This is the End: a World of Silence9. Techno rather than Guns10. Culture-Trauma: Some Critical Remarks

Über Autor(innen)

Yochai Ataria is Senior Lecturer at Tel-Hai College, Israel, and Researcher at the Open University of Israel. He has published a number of theoretical, empirical, and philosophical articles on the topic of trauma, and has co-edited several books.