English

Autores/as

  • Jana Javakhishvili Ilia State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v33i3.141714

Palabras clave:

psychological trauma, war, Holistic approach

Resumen

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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Publicado

2023-12-28

Cómo citar

Javakhishvili, J. (2023). English. Torture Journal, 33(3), 94–108. https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v33i3.141714