Nuclear Minds: Cold War Psychological Science and the A-Bomb-Handouts: Slides

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The document titled "Denial: Nuclear Trauma and the Cold War Psychiatry in Hiroshima" by Ran Zwigenberg discusses various aspects of trauma and denial in relation to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during World War II and its aftermath. <br /><br />The document covers topics such as the emotional mobilizations in Hiroshima and Jerusalem, the struggle over compensation for victims, the shift from shame to pride in discussing the Holocaust, trauma research in the Imperial Army, the making of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS), and the reaction and experiences of survivors of the atomic bomb. <br /><br />It highlights the denial of long-term mental damage and the use of the atomic bomb as a terror weapon to break the will of nations and peoples. It also mentions the research conducted by Kubo Yoshitoshi and Robert Lifton in understanding the psychological and social patterns of survivors of the Hiroshima bombing. <br /><br />The document concludes with references to the Detroit Conference on Massive Psychic Trauma in 1968, the importance of clear understanding and precise picture of suffering, and the rejection of trauma by survivors through spiritual and ideological work.

Keywords

Hiroshima

atomic bombing

trauma

denial

compensation

Holocaust

survivors

psychological patterns

Detroit Conference

rejection of trauma