Understanding the Transgenerational Legacy of Totalitarian Regimes

Paradoxes of Cultural Learning
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-13561-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 362 g

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.

The author uses her personal experience of growing up in the former Soviet Union and professional expertise in global trauma to explore how the psychological legacy of totalitarian regimes influences later generations’ beliefs, behaviors, and social and political choices. The book offers interdisciplinary perspectives on the complex aftermath of societal victimization in different cultures and discusses survivors’ experiences. Readers will find practical tools that can be used in family therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and peace building to recognize and challenge preconceived assumptions stemming from cultural trauma.

This book equips trauma-minded mental health professionals with an understanding of the transgenerational toxicity of totalitarianism and with strategies for becoming educated consumers of cultural legacy.

Zielgruppe

Professional and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cherepanov, Elena

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Psychopathologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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