Word: trauma
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...sense of "unspeakable trauma" hides beneath Israel's bustle of self-assertion. An excess of pride is matched by an excess of shame. The "urge to forget and suppress" is as compulsive as "the urge to remember" and to ask without ceasing: "Who is a Jew?" There is a mood of permanent danger, of being encircled and alone...
...opinion, there is going to be a major transitional trauma at the Ed School in the next couple of years. The old sense of community here is gone because so many people, especially the junior faculty in the subject-matter disciplines are leaving." he added...
...they perceive as an obstacle to sexual fulfillment, feel guilt at the destructive act, and a resurgence of affection. From this springs the taboo against parricide, fratricide, and, eventually, murder in general. Miller's final selection is from a biography of Proust, which tells of the young Proust's trauma at the denial of his mother's kiss at age seven, which the author perceives as the turning point in Proust's psycho-sexual development...
...decision to leave was triggered by a birthday. "I had my 50th birthday three months ago−but not without trauma," he confessed. "I realized I have many projects I want to get to, writing books and some semi-autobiographical essays. I want to work in my own framework, make my garden grow...
Braucher yesterday expressed regret about leaving Harvard. "There's going to be a little trauma. It's exciting and frightening, but certainly I'm not going away mad," he said...