1st Edition

The Uninvited Guest from the Unremembered Past An Exploration of the Unconscious Transmission of Trauma Across the Generations

By Prophecy Coles Copyright 2011
    136 Pages
    by Routledge

    136 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book describes different instances of trauma that may have occurred several generations ago. It explores the work of several psychoanalysts who have written on the negative effect that unknown or unremembered grandparents can have upon the life of their grandchildren.

    Preface -- Introduction -- Aeschylus and ancestral history -- Sophocles and the fate of adoption -- Sibling ghosts -- Grandmother’s footsteps -- The nurse -- The trauma of war -- Brain development and trauma

    Biography

    Prophecy Coles