| Authors |
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| Publication date |
2015
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| Host editors |
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R.A. Segal
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K. von Stuckrad
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| Book title |
Vocabulary for the Study of Religion
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| ISBN |
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| Volume | Issue number |
3
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| Publisher |
Leiden: Brill
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| Organisations |
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Faculty of Humanities (FGw)
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Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture (AHM)
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| Abstract |
This article describes the development of the meaning of the word “trauma” and the way the term is now used in a much wider way by public speech. Originally, trauma was only used in a psychiatric sense, but the idea of trauma is now more widespread. The article follows this development and discusses the term’s reception in popular discourse.
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| Document type |
Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
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| Language |
English
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| Published at |
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004249707_vsr_COM_00000507
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