Trauma and Healing Under State Terrorism

by Inger Agger

State terrorism and political violence are common phenomena in the world today; psychological warfare and human rights violations are integral to these forms of violence. This essential book explores state violence and shows how psychological and social trauma caused by the violations of basic rights can be healed.

The authors develop a model of trauma and healing under state terrorism based on their fieldwork with the Chilean human rights movement. It is characterised by a powerful spirit of survivor resilience and a 'healing' approach which both in theory and practice understands individual suffering in a political perspective.

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 1996

Reviews

[hh · Rating 3 out of 5]

fascinating book about research/case studies conducted mainly among caregivers and mental health professionals in post-dictatura Chile.

[SDAntoNia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seminal work by I. Agger and S.B. Jensen in Denmark cited three times with extensive quotation by Herman in her siminal work Trauma and Recovery.

They apparently added a Testimony based "ritual" to the Chilean work, enhancing the efficacity. Worth reading the article on Testimony as Ritual.
ShiraDest
24.10.12015 HE (the Holocene Calendar)