The Uninvited Guest from the Unremembered Past: An Exploration of the Unconscious Transmission of Trauma Across the Generations

ISBN-13: 9780367326036 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 136 str.

Prophecy Coles

Opis

This book describes different instances of trauma that may have occurred several generations ago. It explores the work of several psychoanalysts who have written on the negative effect that unknown or unremembered grandparents can have upon the life of their grandchildren.

Spis treści

Preface -- Introduction -- Aeschylus and ancestral history -- Sophocles and the fate of adoption -- Sibling ghosts -- Grandmother’s footsteps -- The nurse -- The trauma of war -- Brain development and trauma

O autorze

Coles, Prophecy