Representing Trauma in the Arts
The Curious Case of “Quo Vadis, Aida?”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6162993 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ron Eyerman (0000-0002-6332-5414, Yale University, New Haven CT, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 65-87 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-23 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politička misao (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1846-8721 • E-ISSN: 0032-3241 |
| Publisher | Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia (PUBLISHER • HR) |
| DOI | 10.20901/pm.59.4.04 |
| OpenAlex | W4315486051 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
Applying Jurgen Habermas’ distinction between the three knowledge interests guiding scientific research, this article identifies three approaches to ‘trauma’, a clinical approach, rooted in a medical model, a literary approach, rooted in psychoanalysis, and a cultural sociological approach. After elaborating on each of these perspectives, and the various forms through which trauma is represented aesthetically, the three are applied in an analysis of the film “Quo Vadis, Aida?”. It is argued that although they entail different notions of trauma, the three are not mutually exclusive and can be combined in a rich understanding of aesthetic representation
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Representation (politics · Sociology · Status quo · The arts · Visual arts · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |