The Structural Trauma Of Western Culture: Toward The End Of Humanity
by Yochai Ataria /
2017 / English / PDF
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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
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'sApocalypse Now
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.
. 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.
