The structural trauma of western culture : toward the end of humanity / Yochai Ataria ; translated by Donna Bossin.
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 posttraumati...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
2017.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. The Sources of Western Trauma: From the Akeda of Isaac to Kafka
- 2. Toward Post-Humanity: A Literary Consideration
- 3. A Serious Man
- 4. The Crisis of Manhood
- 5. The New God of Anarchy
- 6. The Body in the Post-Modern Era: A View from Captivity
- 7. K's Fatalistic World
- 8. This is the End: a World of Silence
- 9. Techno rather than Guns
- 10. Culture-Trauma: Some Critical Remarks.