Cultural Trauma – The Case of the Winner
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12940235 |
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| Authors | Zoltán Bretter (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | s1 |
| Pages | 65-80 |
| Publication date | 2020-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politics in Central Europe (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1801-3422 • E-ISSN: 2787-9038 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.2478/pce-2020-0004 |
| OpenAlex | W3005910952 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
My study is an analysis of the emergence of the “Golden Dream” narrative in Romania, right after World War I. Along the way, I make some theoretical contributions to cultural trauma studies. ‘Winner’ and ‘loser’ are terms used to define fixed situations. Usually, only the loser (the victim, defeated) might suffer a trauma, while the occurrence of trauma is denied for the winner (the perpetrator, victor). We shall dig a little deeper and wider, demonstrating that Romania, an overall winner of WWI, will face, right after victory, a ‘cultural shock’ which has to be repressed, as part of the “Golden Dream” narrative. Through a detailed, economic, social and political analysis, I’ll be trying to argue that a shattering trauma has engendered in Romanian society; yet another addition to a whole ‘traumatic history’. The ensuing orthodox ethnonationalism takes its root from this trauma. From time-to-time, we will take a comparative glance at the trauma of the loser, particularly when we will be discussing the omissions of an otherwise seamless narrative
Art · Dream · Face (sociological concept · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Political violence · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Shock (circulatory · Social science · Sociology · Victory · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Medicine · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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