Substitutive trauma: preparing grounds for the Russian attack on Ukraine
Unprocessed collective trauma may create fertile soil for political manipulation. This article introduces a new concept, that of "substitutive trauma," which refers to the utilization of unprocessed collective traumatic experiences by political leadership to create shared feelings of victi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
2023-12-01
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| Series: | Torture |
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| Online Access: | https://tidsskrift.dk/torture-journal/article/view/141714/186780 |
| Summary: | Unprocessed collective trauma may create fertile soil for political manipulation. This article introduces a new concept, that of "substitutive trauma," which refers to the utilization of unprocessed collective traumatic experiences by political leadership to create shared feelings of victimhood and vengeful attitudes within a population. The analysis explores how a substitutive trauma-based psycho-political dynamic culminated in February 2022 in Russia’s war against Ukraine. The article argues that the community of traumatic stress professionals, studying and understanding macro-societal processes can contribute to reducing and ameliorating such destructive psycho-political developments. |
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| ISSN: | 1018-8185 |