"A Test of Character": The Positive Psychology of War

Johannes Lang

"A Test of Character": The Positive Psychology of War

Johannes Lang

Publikation: Bidrag til bog, antologi, rapport › Bidrag til bog, antologi › Forskning › peer review

Abstract

Over the past decade, as themes of victimhood, resilience, and masculinity have become re-politicized in the West, a new psychological approach to war has emerged. This is a “positive” psychology of war that foregrounds the strength rather than the vulnerability of human beings, and that accentuates the ennobling rather than the traumatic effects of violence. The following chapter explores how this new military psychology grew out of a conservative critique of victimhood that challenges liberal perceptions of war as something inherently traumatic and seeks to rediscover the transformative potential in suffering and sacrifice.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Geopolitical Amnesia : The Rise of the Right and the Crisis of Liberal Memory
Redaktører	Vibeke Schou Tjalve
Antal sider	18
Udgivelsessted	Montreal
Forlag	McGill-Queen's University Press
Publikationsdato	21 maj 2020
Sider	48-65
Kapitel	3
ISBN (Trykt)	9780228001805
Status	Udgivet - 21 maj 2020

Adgang til dokumentet

https://www.mqup.ca/geopolitical-amnesia-products-9780228001805.php

WoR: World of the Right
Tjalve, V. S. (PI), Crone, M. (CoI), Tassinari, F. (CoI), Williams, M. C. (PI), Drolet, J. F. (PI), Hinds, M. F. (CoI) & Holm, M. (CoI)
01/08/2017 → 01/06/2023
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning
The New Psychology of War: Trauma, Subjectivity, and the Militarization of Positive Psychology
Lang, J. (PI), Schott, R. M. (CoI) & Keis, M. K. B. (CoI)
01/01/2017 → 31/12/2022
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning

The moral challenges of moral injury
Lang, J. & Schott, R. M., 11 aug. 2023, Moral Injury and the Humanities. Cohen, A. & McClymond, K. (red.). New York: Routledge, s. 17-34 (Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory).
Publikation: Bidrag til bog, antologi, rapport › Bidrag til bog, antologi › Forskning › peer review
Geopolitical amnesia: The Rise of the Right and the Crisis of Liberal Memory
Tjalve, V. S. (Redaktør), maj 2020, Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. 176 s.
Publikation: Bog, antologi, afhandling, rapport › Antologi › Forskning › peer review

En ændret forståelse af krigens og traumets psykologi
Lang, J. (Oplægsholder)
10 sep. 2021
Aktivitet: Tale eller præsentation › Præsentation/Taler på konference, seminar, workshop etc.

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"A Test of Character": The Positive Psychology of War

Abstract

Adgang til dokumentet

Projekter

WoR: World of the Right

The New Psychology of War: Trauma, Subjectivity, and the Militarization of Positive Psychology

Publikation

The moral challenges of moral injury

Geopolitical amnesia: The Rise of the Right and the Crisis of Liberal Memory

Aktiviteter

En ændret forståelse af krigens og traumets psykologi

Citationsformater