Merleau-Ponty and a Phenomenology of PTSD: Hidden Ghosts of Traumatic Memory

Authors

MaryCatherine McDonald, Old Dominion UniversityFollow

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Description

Despite the fact that we have been studying posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) since at least the late 1800s, it remains prevalent and, in many cases intractable. Merleau-Ponty and a Phenomenology of PTSD: Hidden Ghosts of Traumatic Memory begins with the assertion that we struggle to successfully treat PTSD because we simply do not understand it well enough. Using the phenomenological approach of Maurice Merleau-Ponty – which focuses on the first-person, lived experience of the trauma victim – Merleau-Ponty and a Phenomenology of PTSD: Hidden Ghosts of Traumatic Memory focuses on reframing our understanding of combat trauma in two fundamental ways. … [From amazon.com]

ISBN

9781498580427

Publication Date

4-2019

Publisher

Lexington Books

City

Lanham, Maryland

Disciplines

Philosophy | Psychology

Recommended Citation

McDonald, MaryCatherine, "Merleau-Ponty and a Phenomenology of PTSD: Hidden Ghosts of Traumatic Memory" (2019). Philosophy Faculty Books. 14.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/philosophy_fac_books/14