The trauma of the everyday | Joanna Kavenna, Ian Parker, Sarah Garfinkel, Mark Salter
Philosophy For Our Times
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The Trauma of Hillsborough Is a Traumatic Event, Not a Single Moment
I think we need to go into a different domain to understand how trauma is being enacted there than the domain that you're working in, recognizing that both are important. I worry about the dangers of taking too seriously and it sounds terrible. People's own worries when it can sort of loop them into cycles of victim-heard anxiety, depression and self-reflection. You can't have an absolute fracturing in a way. If you had a total fracturing where there's no agreement on a definition, that would be really difficult. But it's kind of trying to have the most agreement with the most flexibility in a way."
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