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Transgenerational Transmissions and Chosen Traumas: An Aspect of Large-Group Identity

Volkan, Vamik D.·2001·Group Analysis
DOI 10.1177/05333160122077730
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Large-group (ethnic, national, religious) identity is defined as the subjective experience of thousands or millions of people who are linked by a persistent sense of sameness while also sharing numerous characteristics with others in foreign groups. The main task that members of a large group share is to maintain, protect, and repair their group identity. A `chosen trauma' is one component of this identity. The term `chosen trauma' refers to the shared mental representation of a massive trauma that the group's ancestors suffered at the hand of an enemy. When a large group regresses, its chosen trauma is reactivated in order to support the group's threatened identity. This reactivation may have dramatic and destructive consequences.

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Authors
Volkan, V. D.
Venue
Group Analysis
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2001-03
Volume
34
Issue
1
Pages
79-97
ISSN
  • 0533-3164 (ISSN-L)
  • 1461-717X
DOI
10.1177/05333160122077730
OpenAlex
W1990440401
Cited by
592
References
26
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14.70
Type
journal article
Language
en
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