China—a traumatised country? The aftermath of the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) for the individual and for society

Plänkers, Tomas

doi:10.4324/9780429478826-4

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“…China has suffered almost continuous national trauma for the last 150 or more years, leading Plaenkers (2011Plaenkers ( , 2013 to suggest that it should be considered a traumatized society. The last years of the Qing Dynasty, from the midnineteenth to early twentieth century, were traumatic because of European invasions around the Opium Wars.…”

Section: Cultural and Individual Traumamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It has been estimated something like 70 million people died in the era of Mao's rule despite the fact that China was never in a serious war in this period (Jung Chang & Halliday, 2005). Tomas Plaenkers and his colleagues at Frankfurt's Sigmund Freud Institute have conducted a pilot research project that shows what we also see in almost every clinical encounter in China: National trauma has an individual face (Plaenkers, 2011(Plaenkers, , 2013.…”

Section: Cultural and Individual Traumamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Five things western therapists need to know for working with Chinese therapists and patients

Scharff¹

2018

Psychoanalysis in China

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Beneath the many stereotypes of Chinese characteristics common in the West, there are complexities of Chinese culture and personality not well understood by psychoanalysts and analytic therapists. Knowing something about these can be critically helpful to Western colleagues who wish to teach effectively in China. This presentation outlines cultural issues concerning Confucian and related values, changes in family and marital structure, changes in the role and practice of sex, the effect of widespread national and individual trauma in China in the twentieth century, and changes in the nature of individualism in Chinese personality. These five factors come to bear whenever Western analysts and psychotherapists teach Chinese analytic therapists and/or treat Chinese patients.

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Section: Cultural and Individual Traumamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Cultural and Individual Traumamentioning

confidence: 99%

Five things western therapists need to know for working with Chinese therapists and patients

Scharff¹

2018

Psychoanalysis in China

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“…In an earlier publication on Chinese trauma, Plaenkers () wrote that Mao, who held sway over one‐fourth of the world's population, was responsible for the largest famine in human history between 1958 and 1962, when approximately 35,000,000 to 45,000,000 people died. Then the Cultural Revolution began in 1966, resulting in mass mortality (the exact number of deaths is unknown), chaos in the near elimination of professional and leadership classes, and annihilation of much of China's traditional culture.…”

Section: The History and Influence Of Trauma In Chinamentioning

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“…Therefore the Chinese also named their country “Zhongguo,” meaning “the middle kingdom.” They have long lost this middle. Recovering the language of a history that has been so traumatic for so many could enable China with its long history of advanced civilisation to arise once again as “the middle kingdom.” [, p. 42]…”

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“…Psychoanalyst Thomas Plaenkers and his colleagues at the Sigmund Freud Institute in Frankfurt, Germany, have written extensively about this (Markert ; Plaenkers , , ). Plaenkers has been deeply involved in teaching psychoanalysis in China from the beginning of the Sino‐German program, and has overseen the only empirical research program into the effects on personality development of widespread trauma among the Chinese.…”

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Psychoanalysis in China: an Essay on the Recent Literature in English

Scharff¹

2016

The Psychoanalytic Quarterly

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Using extensive quotation, the author reviews the introduction and current state of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy in China from the vantage point of recent publications in English. Psychoanalysis was briefly introduced to China before the Communist era, then forbidden, and has experienced an accelerated reintroduction since the late 1980s. The author briefly summarizes the cultural and historical background of China relevant to the introduction of psychoanalysis, the traumatic history of China, and the deep structure of thought and philosophical differences from Western culture that challenge a simple imposition of psychoanalytic ideas and practice, and some psychological effects of rapid cultural change throughout China. Training programs in China, the general enthusiasm for analysis among the Chinese, and a number of notable contributions by Western and Chinese authors are discussed. Also surveyed are the use of distance technology for training and treatment, the personal experience of Chinese senior and junior colleagues, and ongoing challenges to the continuing growth of psychoanalysis and analytic psychotherapy in China.

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