The Structural Trauma of Western Culture - Toward the End of Humanity (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	August 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Yochai Ataria
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	201
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-53227-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Social, group or collective psychology Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Promotions
LSN:	3-319-53227-8
Barcode:	9783319532271

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