Trauma, Cultural Complexes, and Transformation

Folk Narratives and Present Realities

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology
Cover of the book Trauma, Cultural Complexes, and Transformation by Evija Volfa Vestergaard, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Evija Volfa Vestergaard ISBN: 9781315294636
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: June 28, 2018
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Evija Volfa Vestergaard
ISBN: 9781315294636
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: June 28, 2018
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Trauma, Cultural Complexes, and Transformation: Folk Narratives and Present Realities contributes to our understanding of how culturally traumatic events affect present day realities, and suggests the potential for healing by combining theories on psychological trauma, cultural complexes, and transformations. It draws on insight from a range of disciplines, including Jungian psychology, literary criticism, folkloristics, neurosciences, quantum physics, and social studies.

Evija Volfa Vestergaard maps folk narratives of human encounters with extra-human entities as communications of cultural traumas suffered by tellers who are embedded in particular historical and geographical settings, focusing on the little-explored globally emerging cultures of Latvia and South Africa, alongside the United States of America. These cultural narratives form a bridge to a discourse on the social, political, and economic issues faced by these countries and the world at large. Vestergaard outlines the parallels between dreams and visions of individuals essential in healing, and the mythological legend genre serving the same function for groups and cultures, demonstrating that the aim of these open-ended communications is not only to reveal hidden truth, but also to stir our imagination about potentialities. Healing of traumas demands a world of global relatedness based on nurturing kinship, and such a transformation begins with imagining.

Trauma, Cultural Complexes, and Transformation represents essential reading for academics and students of Jungian and post-Jungian studies, folklore, psychology, cultural studies and anthropology, as well as Jungian analysts and psychotherapists.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Trauma, Cultural Complexes, and Transformation: Folk Narratives and Present Realities contributes to our understanding of how culturally traumatic events affect present day realities, and suggests the potential for healing by combining theories on psychological trauma, cultural complexes, and transformations. It draws on insight from a range of disciplines, including Jungian psychology, literary criticism, folkloristics, neurosciences, quantum physics, and social studies.

Evija Volfa Vestergaard maps folk narratives of human encounters with extra-human entities as communications of cultural traumas suffered by tellers who are embedded in particular historical and geographical settings, focusing on the little-explored globally emerging cultures of Latvia and South Africa, alongside the United States of America. These cultural narratives form a bridge to a discourse on the social, political, and economic issues faced by these countries and the world at large. Vestergaard outlines the parallels between dreams and visions of individuals essential in healing, and the mythological legend genre serving the same function for groups and cultures, demonstrating that the aim of these open-ended communications is not only to reveal hidden truth, but also to stir our imagination about potentialities. Healing of traumas demands a world of global relatedness based on nurturing kinship, and such a transformation begins with imagining.

Trauma, Cultural Complexes, and Transformation represents essential reading for academics and students of Jungian and post-Jungian studies, folklore, psychology, cultural studies and anthropology, as well as Jungian analysts and psychotherapists.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book The Grandchildren by Evija Volfa Vestergaard
Cover of the book Watching Police, Watching Communities by Evija Volfa Vestergaard
Cover of the book Geochemical Biomarkers by Evija Volfa Vestergaard
Cover of the book Congress, the President and Policymaking: A Historical Analysis by Evija Volfa Vestergaard
Cover of the book The First Year and the Rest of Your Life by Evija Volfa Vestergaard
Cover of the book Rich Apparel by Evija Volfa Vestergaard
Cover of the book Character Building by Evija Volfa Vestergaard
Cover of the book Retro-modern India by Evija Volfa Vestergaard
Cover of the book Social Theory and Social Practice by Evija Volfa Vestergaard
Cover of the book Multinational Enterprises and Technological Spillovers by Evija Volfa Vestergaard
Cover of the book Treating PTSD by Evija Volfa Vestergaard
Cover of the book The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster to Brazil and the East Indies, 1591-1603 by Evija Volfa Vestergaard
Cover of the book Feminist Criticism and Social Change (RLE Feminist Theory) by Evija Volfa Vestergaard
Cover of the book Routledge Revivals: Medieval Islam (1979) by Evija Volfa Vestergaard
Cover of the book Our Evolving Curriculum by Evija Volfa Vestergaard
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy