Trauma and shell shock First World War
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The image of the First World War soldier as a cowed victim, caught in the grip of a meaningless, industrialized war, is one that has become entrenched in the British popular imagination. It was not, however, the image that dominated... more
In The Image of Man, George Mosse claims that modern masculinity emerged as "part of a general quest for symbols in order to make the abstract concrete within the bewildering changes of modernity." 1 Mosse argues that, in eighteenth-and... more
[AMAZON LINK BELOW TO BOOK ITSELF -- TOC and book summary in downloadable .pdf] According to the poet Elias Canetti, "All the things one has forgotten / scream for help in dreams." To the ancient Egyptians they were prophecies, and... more
Il contributo analizza gli effetti psicopatologici della Grande Guerra sul vissuto soggettivo dei soldati traumatizzati, le categorie utilizzate dalla psichiatria per fronteggiare il fenomeno e le politiche di trattamento adottate.
Kaum ein anderes Medium scheint besser geeignet, traumatische Verletzungen zu visualisieren und zu speichern, zu kommunizieren und zu transformieren, als der Film. Er macht sie sichtbar, indem er sie als Wunden ausstellt, er öffnet sie,... more
The main purpose of this thesis is – using methodology of contemporary historiography and literary study approaches – to detect, research and analyze the corpus of published book-length autobiographies of Croatian low-ranking officers,... more
A short introduction to the poetry of the World War I "Soldier Poets" and how they departed from the patriotic themes of the previous century. In addition, an introduction to the intellectual roots of "Modernism" in such thinkers as... more
Female revolutionaries suffered various traumas – including sexual trauma – during Ireland’s revolutionary period (1916–1923). This chapter draws on files from the Military Service Pensions Collection, personal accounts and literary... more
The Greek soldier-writers of the First World War and testimony as a subversive discourse Writing about the First World War was a mass phenomenon in all the countries involved, leading to the emergence of the soldier-poet or the... more
"Sinir Savaşı her iki dünya savaşıyla Vietnam Savaşı boyunca ve sonrasında askerlerin psikolojik sorunlarının nasıl geliştiğini araştırıp doktorların bu sorunlarla başa çıkmak için attıkları adımları anlatmaktadır."-Ben Shephard
Among the experiences of otherness that unsettled the imperial trope of the warrior hero, this paper focuses on the representation of the coward in three autobiographical responses to the Great War. By following the traces of the... more
World War I, also known as the Great War, propelled our society into new forms of modernity. It influenced our moral values, our whole approach on warfare and was responsible for major social and political changes. World War I also... more
Kommentierte Abschrift der Einträge im Kriegstagebuch des Gefreiten Friedrich Ernst (Fritz) Reinboth (1891–1918) aus dem Husaren-Regiment Landgraf Friedrich II. von Hessen-Homburg (2. Kurhessisches) Nr. 14 umfassend den Zeitraum vom 29.... more
El impacto en los cuerpos y en las mentes de los soldados de la experiencia de las trincheras aparece como uno de los aspectos más significativos y distintivos de la Primera Guerra Mundial. Como señalaba Walter Benjamin “las gentes... more
The article focuses on the psychiatric hospitals of Pergine Valsugana and Bologna. The war changed the daily routine of both institutions. The hospital in Pergine in particular was evacuated and closed for three years. For this reason a... more
The Trojan War and the Gallipoli Campaigns are two pivotal battles that took place on the shores of the Dardanelles. They are similar in several respects: Both battles involve several groups coming from different places. Some of the... more
Since South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), a therapeutic moral order has become one of the dominant frameworks within which states attempt to deal with a legacy of violent conflict. As a consequence, the grammar of... more
Die Monographie zeichnet den Entwurf des „Kriegshysterikers“ im Spannungsverhältnis von Massenpsychologie, militärpsychiatrischer Kriegshysterieforschung und Repräsentationstechniken zur Zeit des Ersten Weltkriegs nach. In der... more
The article discusses the never before researched combat history of the 5th Army Corps. Stationed in Poznań until December 1918, the Corps was made up of regiments and other military formations stemming mainly from the city of Poznań and... more
You are invited to join an online reading group to discuss James Hillman's book A Terrible Love of War (2005, Penguin) meeting between 7:00 and 8:30 p.m. (London time) on the following dates: Tuesday, 29 March – Chapter One – War is... more
Le lieutenant Henri-Alban Fournier plus connu sous le pseudonyme de « Alain-Fournier », disparu dans la fleur de l'âge le 22 septembre 1914 sur les Hauts-de-Meuse, avec 20 de ses compagnons. Les circonstances exactes de cette disparition... more
The Great War is arguably one of the most significant conflicts in recent history. In this centenary year of the beginning of the First World War, as the grand narratives about the conflict come under renewed scrutiny and debate this... more
Soffermarsi sul rapporto tra guerra e modernità è un passaggio obbligato nello studio del fenomeno noto come «nevrosi da guerra» ed è il punto dal quale partire per poter tracciare un percorso coerente con la nascita e lo sviluppo di... more
This 20-minute paper seeks to introduce hitherto-underexplored comparisons between Jones and his contemporary fellow 20th-century mythopoeic poet, medievalist, Catholic, and veteran, Tolkien, delineating certain aspects of how both... more
The analysis, opinions and conclusions expressed or implied in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the Joint Services Command and Staff College, the Ministry of Defence or any other... more
The German 10th Infantry Division, stationed in the area of the Poznań 5th Army Corps, was quite a unique formation. The author presents the origin and fighting traditions of the Division’s specific regiments in 1866–1871, the... more
Στο βιβλίο ξεδιπλώνονται γνωστές και άγνωστες πτυχές μίας συλλογικής δοκιμασίας που βίωσε ο πληθυσμός της σημερινής Ηράκλειας Σερρών, της αλλοτινής Τζουμαγιάς (ή Κάτω ή Βαϊρακλή Τζουμαγιάς), στη διάρκεια του Α΄ Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου, όταν... more
The thesis explores the impact of the First World War on the lower Austrian psychiatry in Mauer-Öhling and its influence on the social and pathological makeup of its patients in particular. It employs extensive statistical analysis of the... more
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