TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alford,C.Fred
TI  - Trauma and forgiveness: consequences and communities 
SN  - 9781107724044
AV  - BF175.5.P75 A44 2013eb
U1  - 155.9/3 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Psychic trauma
KW  - Forgiveness
KW  - Bereavement
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Attachment behavior
KW  - Stress Disorders, Traumatic
KW  - psychology
KW  - therapy
KW  - Object Attachment
KW  - Psychoanalytic Therapy
KW  - methods
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Traumatisme psychique
KW  - Pardon
KW  - Deuil
KW  - Aspect psychologique
KW  - Psychologie
KW  - Attachement
KW  - aat
KW  - mourning
KW  - PSYCHOLOGY
KW  - Clinical Psychology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
KW  - Life Stages
KW  - General
KW  - Developmental
KW  - Lifespan Development
KW  - fast
KW  - Psychisches Trauma
KW  - gnd
KW  - Psychoanalyse
KW  - Verzeihung
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : trauma and forgiveness -- Is the Holocaust traumatic -- Winnicott and trauma -- Melanie Klein and forgiveness : theory -- Melanie Klein and forgiveness : practice -- Winnicott : forgiveness and transitional experience -- Jean Améry : resentment, loneliness, and aging -- Conclusion : trauma as knowledge
N2  - "Contrary to the view of trauma popularized by literary theorists, Trauma and Forgiveness argues that the traumatized are capable of representing their experience and that we should therefore listen more and theorize less. Using stories and case studies, including testimonies from Holocaust survivors, as well as the victims of 'ordinary' trauma, C. Fred Alford shows that while the traumatized are generally capable of representing their experience, this does little to heal them. He draws on the British Object Relations tradition in psychoanalysis to argue that forgiveness, which might be expected to help heal the traumatized, is generally an attempt to avoid the hard work of mourning losses which can never be made whole. Forgiveness is better seen as a virtue in the classical sense, a recognition of human vulnerability. The book concludes with an extended case study of Austrian essayist Jean Ame;ry and his refusal to forgive"--
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