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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Main Author: Jana Javakhishvili
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims 2023-12-01
Series:Torture
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Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/torture-journal/article/view/141714/186780
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-8129ed5b1c6e4f41ae9c32e0f7bff63f2024-01-31T12:50:26ZengInternational Rehabilitation Council for Torture VictimsTorture1018-81852023-12-013339410810.7146/torture.v33i3.141714Substitutive trauma: preparing grounds for the Russian attack on UkraineJana Javakhishvili0Professor of Psychology, School of Arts and Science, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia 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.https://tidsskrift.dk/torture-journal/article/view/141714/186780psychological traumawarholistic approach
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Substitutive trauma: preparing grounds for the Russian attack on Ukraine
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title Substitutive trauma: preparing grounds for the Russian attack on Ukraine
title_full Substitutive trauma: preparing grounds for the Russian attack on Ukraine
title_fullStr Substitutive trauma: preparing grounds for the Russian attack on Ukraine
title_full_unstemmed Substitutive trauma: preparing grounds for the Russian attack on Ukraine
title_short Substitutive trauma: preparing grounds for the Russian attack on Ukraine
title_sort substitutive trauma preparing grounds for the russian attack on ukraine
topic psychological trauma
war
holistic approach
url https://tidsskrift.dk/torture-journal/article/view/141714/186780
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