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Herman links the public traumas of society to those of domestic life in this provocative work of psychiatric theory.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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When Trauma and Recovery was first published in 1992, it was hailed as a groundbreaking work. In the intervening years, Herman’s volume has changed the way we think about and treat traumatic events and trauma victims. In a new afterword, Herman chronicles the incredible response the book has elicited and explains how the issues surrounding the topic have shifted within the clinical community and the culture at large.Trauma and Recovery brings a new level of understanding to a set of problems usually considered individually. Herman draws on her own cutting-edge research in domestic violence as well as on the vast literature of combat veterans and victims of political terror, to show the parallels between private terrors such as rape and public traumas such as terrorism. The book puts individual experience in a broader political frame, arguing that psychological trauma can be understood only in a social context. Meticulously documented and frequently using the victims’ own words as well as those from classic literary works and prison diaries, Trauma and Recovery is a powerful work that will continue to profoundly impact our thinking.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Truly a MUST read,
By eeching (Toronto, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath Of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror (Paperback)
After years of suffering .. and searching out answers .. this book was the one that brought it ALL home. It took me into some challenging areas that have brought me into a truly spiritual focus, in fact. I think the material on second-hand PTSD is truly a revelation and absolutely needed to be added to the therapeutic literature before it was too late.I have given away at LEAST 30 copies of this book, and not because the people were too lazy to buy it; it just was very difficult to find it on Canadian bookstore shelves. It's probably a bit "academic" for some sufferers of PTSD, and their families, but it sure covers the ground. As the cover says, its a MUST read not JUST for professionals in the mental heaalth field, but for community organizers, lawyers and all kinds of so-called professionals. I sold self help and therapeutic books for a long time, reviewed them and "catalogued" them. I would put this book in my Top 10.
16 of 20 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
A Note for Victims...,
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This review is from: Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath Of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror (Paperback)
I bought this book on the basis of the lengthy and highly positive reviews posted on this site. In many respects, what they say is true and the book most certainly has its merits. However, it has several significant drawbacks which seem have gone uncommented upon here and which were sufficient to make the book, for me, largely unreadable. Since there are more than enough comments about what is good, I will confine myself to what is bad about this book. Judith Herman not writing from a neutral perspective: she is both a feminist and an insufficiently critical devotee of psychoanalysis. She is candid about her agenda and about the fact that her perspective on trauma has a decidedly feminist and psychoanalytic bent. If you agree with her views and are interested in exploring her thesis, that is, if you are interested in approaching the issues of abuse and trauma from an academic perspective, then this is an intellectually stimulating work with a clear sense of direction. If you are a survivor of trauma then Dr. Herman's political and academic agenda seriously undermine the helpfulness of this work. It is wordy (even more wordy than this review), full of feminist, modernist, and psychoanalytic jargon, and not a book that I would recommend for anyone who is in the early stages of RECOVERING from trauma.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful insight,
This review is from: Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath Of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror (Paperback)
What insight! I also highly recommend reading Peaceful Heart: A Woman's Journey of Healing, by Aimee Jo Martin....a book that is a true testament to the human spirit and takes the reader thru a client's perspective of getting thru PTSD.
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