Globalized trauma mirrors brain damage as transformation without sublation

Evidence

This type of transformation unto death, this survival without sublation, is not only visible in cases of severe brain lesions but is also the globalized form of trauma—appearing in the aftermath of wars, terrorist attacks, sexual abuse, and all types of oppression or slavery. — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 4348

Categorization

• XREF: ‘Survival without sublation’ is a direct rebuttal of Hegelian dialectics, connecting to Malabou’s earlier work on Hegel and plasticity. — connects to: Brain injury cannot be fantasized or represented. — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 366; Neurological trauma can create an identity without origin or memory — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 3217; Narrative repair of wounds mirrors neural repair and sustains it. — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 3893 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Brain plasticity includes a capacity to destroy form, not only create it #expands (0.82)
• Neurology observes identity change from lesions without theorizing it #expands (0.78) — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 3440