War, terror and mourning. Cultural memory in the inner dialogue
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8972514 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Georg Bruns (0009-0003-2355-2609, German Psychoanalytic Association, Berlin, Germany, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 105 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 292-311 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7578 • E-ISSN: 1745-8315 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00207578.2024.2350209 |
| PMID | 39008041 |
| OpenAlex | W4400650834 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
This text compares four essays dealing with war, state terror in dictatorships, social violence such as racism, mourning and the avoidance of mourning. It shows that dictatorships share similarities in their techniques of manipulation, linguistic style and reference to history. They seek to exploit national myths through manipulative alienation. Myths are a central element of cultural memory, and their effect can be understood through a model of internal dialogue. This dialogue determines whether the regime's attempts at manipulation are successful
Cultural memory · Sociology · Anthropology · History · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Violence, Religion, and Philosophy
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Large-Group Identity, Who Are We Now? Leader–follower Relationships and Societal–political Divisions
Discussion of A candidate at Work
So What is this Social Unconscious Anyway
The inability to mourn
A machine of the same
The inability to mourn and nationalism in Japan after 1945
The Problem of Ego Identity
Achilles in Vietnam
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |