Understanding the Transgenerational Legacy of Totalitarian Regimes: Paradoxes of Cultural Learning

ISBN-13: 9780367135614 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 214 str.

Elena Cherepanov

Opis

Understanding the Transgenerational Legacy of Totalitarian Regimes examines the ways in which the cultural memory of surviving totalitarianism can continue to shape individual and collective vulnerabilities as well as build strength and resilience in subsequent generations.

Spis treści

1. Historical Recurrence 2. Systems and Ecology of Trauma 3. Social Psychology of Trauma 4. Cultural Trauma 5. Totalitarian Regimes in Modern History 6. Totalitarian Regimes as Abusive Power and Control by the Government 7. Adaptation to Abuse, Unpredictability and Gaslighting 8. The Leader-Group Synergy 9. Cult and Culture 10. Totalitarian Mythology 11. Historical Memory and Public Narratives 12. Transgenerational Trauma and its Transmission 13. Cultural Representation Theory (CRT) of Cultural Trauma 14. Paradoxes of Survivorship 15. Survival Messages 16. Cross-Cultural and Trauma-Specific Messages 17 Cross-Cultural Comparison of Survival Messages: An Exploratory Study 18. Practical Implications: From Victim to Actor Conclusion and Future Directions References Appendix

O autorze

Elena Cherepanov, PhD, is a psychologist who teaches in the School of Psychology and Counseling at Cambridge College in Massachusetts.