Chapter 13 Traumatic traces of enforced disappearance through generations From psychoanalytic theory to a family case study

• Main Author: Bourguignon, Manon (auth)
• Other Authors: Katz, Muriel (auth), Dermitzel, Alice (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2024
• Subjects: Human rights; Psychology; Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology); Trauma, enforced, disappearance, psychoanalytic theory, disappearance, human
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Enforced disappearance is a crime against humanity that impacts the direct victim as well as their relatives and society through generations. Relying on psychoanalytic theory, we will explore the theme of the transgenerational transmission of trauma. We illustrate the complexity of this process with...