The Old Wounded: Destructive Plasticity and Intergenerational Trauma

This article addresses a significant gap in trauma theory and philosophy; namely, it develops a partial theory of the subject of intergenerational trauma. This is accomplished through a close examination of Catherine Malabou’s theory of the subject of trauma, as well as by contact with the research...

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Published in:Humanities
Main Author: Brandon D. C. Fenton
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018
Subjects:
intergenerational trauma
trauma
plasticity
destructive plasticity
Malabou
Freud
epigenetics
indigenous
phil
hisphilso
Bombay
Canada
First Nations
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3390/h7020051
https://doaj.org/article/d123decf72ef4a568b74e070ba08bf5c
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Summary:This article addresses a significant gap in trauma theory and philosophy; namely, it develops a partial theory of the subject of intergenerational trauma. This is accomplished through a close examination of Catherine Malabou’s theory of the subject of trauma, as well as by contact with the research in epigenetics of Rachel Yehuda, and the research on intergenerational trauma among First Nations people in Canada conducted by Amy Bombay and colleagues. It presents original work that is responsive to recent advances in a variety of fields, including philosophy, psychology, social science, and biology.

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