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Drawing on anthropology philosophy and his own clinical experience and that of others the author presents a very different understanding of the relationships between trauma meaning and culture post traumatic anxiety is presented as a problem with strong social and cultural dimensions and not simply an issue of individual psychopathology. In the past twenty years there has been a remarkable growth of interest in the area of trauma within the disciplines of psychology and psychiatry this professional interest both reflects and contributes to a wider cultural concern with trauma the syndrome of post traumatic stress disorder ptsd. Drawing on anthropology philosophy and his own clinical experience and that of others the author presents a very different understanding of the relationships between trauma meaning and culture. Patrick bracken whurr gbp21 pp 230 isbn 1 86156 280 2 rating graphic1 graphic2 graphic3 graphic4 pat bracken who has doctorates in both psychiatry and philosophy has written a remarkable book he describes how western societies now frame the impact of violence and other types of suffering and questions of responsibility and morality through the sciences of memory and . Trauma culture meaning and philosophy by patrick bracken whurr gbp21 pp 230 isbn 1 86156 280 2 rating pat bracken who has doctorates in both psychiatry and philosophy has written a remarkable book he describes how western societies now frame the impact of violence and other types of suffering and questions of responsibility and