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OverviewDespite the fact that we have been studying posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) since at least the late 1800s, it remains prevalent and, in many cases intractable. Merleau-Ponty and a Phenomenology of PTSD: Hidden Ghosts of Traumatic Memory begins with the assertion that we struggle to successfully treat PTSD because we simply do not understand it well enough. Using the phenomenological approach of Maurice Merleau-Ponty – which focuses on the first-person, lived experience of the trauma victim – Merleau-Ponty and a Phenomenology of PTSD: Hidden Ghosts of Traumatic Memory focuses on reframing our understanding of combat trauma in two fundamental ways. First, the concepts of embodiment and adaptation give us an understanding of the human being as fundamentally adaptive. This allows us to view traumatic responses as adaptive as well. When the roots of traumatic injury become reframed in this way, combat-related PTSD can be understood more accurately as a set of symptoms borne of strength and survival rather than weakness or disorder. Second, phenomenology reveals that a different ghost haunts those who are afflicted by trauma. For the past century, trauma studies across disciplines have all assumed that the ghost of a singular traumatic event haunts the sufferer. While this is likely a part of the problem, further study shows that those who suffer from trauma are also haunted by the specter of a world without meaning. In other words, phenomenology reveals that what is injured in trauma is not just the mind or the body but the entire worldview of the individual. It is this aspect of the injury – the shattering loss of one’s blueprint of the world – that is missing from other accounts of trauma. Rather than aim to upend previous research in the fields of psychology and neuroscience, Merleau-Ponty and a Phenomenology of PTSD: Hidden Ghosts of Traumatic Memory uses the phenomenological approach to bring them together and expand then. It is in this expansion that we are able to consider what we may have previously missed – which stands to improve our understanding and treatment of trauma in general. Full Product DetailsAuthor: MaryCatherine McDonaldPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Dimensions: Width: 15.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.20cm Weight: 0.431kg ISBN: 9781498580427ISBN 10: 1498580424 Pages: 164 Publication Date: 29 April 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPrologue Chapter One – From Hysteria to PTSD: Tracing the Roots of Trauma Chapter Two – They Carry it With Them: Phenomenologies of Traumatic Memory Chapter Three – Rethinking the Roots of Trauma: A Phenomenology of Adaptation Chapter Four – Trauma and the Troubled Mind: Narrative Healing, Narrative Harming Chapter Five – Haunted by a Different Ghost EpilogueReviewsWeaving together insights from neuroscience, psychology, and Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology, MaryCatherine McDonald has written a groundbreaking analysis of human trauma. Her writing is consistently crisp and clear and rich with concrete examples. This is a wholly original work that will be a valuable resource in trauma studies for years to come. -- Kevin Aho, Professor of Philosophy, Florida Gulf Coast University Author InformationMaryCatherine McDonald is assistant professor of philosophy at Old Dominion University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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