Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Identity
- The Cambridge Handbook of Identity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- 1 Identity: With or Without You?
- Part I The Origin and Development of the Concept of Identity
- Part II New Perspectives and Challenges
- Part III Methodological Approaches
- Part IV Current Domains
- 21 Critical Perspectives in Clinical Psychology: Autistic Identities
- 22 Gerontopsychology: Dementia and Identity
- 23 The Study of Identity in Health Psychology
- 24 Identity Scholarship in Educational Psychology: Toward a Complex Dynamic Systems Perspective
- 25 Political Psychology: Identity Development in a Traumatic Environment
- 26 Organizational Psychology: When, Why, and How Is Identity Work (Less) Important in Organizational Life?
- 27 Conceptualizing the Multiple Levels of Identity and Intersectionality
- Part V Where Is Identity?
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- References
25 - Political Psychology: Identity Development in a Traumatic Environment
from Part IV - Current Domains
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 October 2021
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Identity
- The Cambridge Handbook of Identity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- 1 Identity: With or Without You?
- Part I The Origin and Development of the Concept of Identity
- Part II New Perspectives and Challenges
- Part III Methodological Approaches
- Part IV Current Domains
- 21 Critical Perspectives in Clinical Psychology: Autistic Identities
- 22 Gerontopsychology: Dementia and Identity
- 23 The Study of Identity in Health Psychology
- 24 Identity Scholarship in Educational Psychology: Toward a Complex Dynamic Systems Perspective
- 25 Political Psychology: Identity Development in a Traumatic Environment
- 26 Organizational Psychology: When, Why, and How Is Identity Work (Less) Important in Organizational Life?
- 27 Conceptualizing the Multiple Levels of Identity and Intersectionality
- Part V Where Is Identity?
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- References
Summary
Reflecting on psychosocial work with Palestinian refugees in the Middle East, this chapter focuses on identity development under traumatic conditions. Trauma theory is described as a clinical concept and as a discourse about morals. The limits of conceptualizations like post-traumatic stress disorder are shown, and the usefulness of the concept of sequential traumatization, especially from a perspective of identity development, is discussed. Lothar Krappmann’s theory of identity development is discussed and shown to be especially useful when trying to understand traumatic processes outside of the realm of psychopathology. An argument is made in favor of recognizing the potential of identities developing in an environment of destruction.
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