TY - BOOK AU - Cherepanov,Elena TI - Understanding the transgenerational legacy of totalitarian regimes: paradoxes of cultural learning SN - 9780429641671 AV - JC481 .C44 2021 U1 - 320.53 23 PY - 2021/// CY - New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Totalitarianism KW - Psychological aspects KW - Collective memory KW - Psychic trauma KW - Treatment KW - PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) KW - bisacsh KW - PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General KW - PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health N2 - Understanding the Transgenerational Legacy of Totalitarian Regimes examines the ways in which the cultural memory of surviving totalitarianism can continue to shape individual and collective vulnerabilities as well as build strength and resilience in subsequent generations. The author uses her personal experience of growing up in the former Soviet Union and professional expertise in global trauma to explore how the psychological legacy of totalitarian regimes influences later generations' beliefs, behaviors, and social and political choices. The book offers interdisciplinary perspectives on the complex aftermath of societal victimization in different cultures and discusses survivors' experiences. Readers will find practical tools that can be used in family therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and peace building to recognize and challenge preconceived assumptions stemming from cultural trauma. This book equips trauma-minded mental health professionals with an understanding of the transgenerational toxicity of totalitarianism and with strategies for becoming educated consumers of cultural legacy UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429030338 UR - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf ER -