Neurological trauma can create an identity without origin or memory
Evidence
Indeed, from the neurological point of view, the hypothesis of absolute danger designates the risk of brutal and sudden disappearance of the trace resulting in the formation of an identity without origin and without memory; an identity, produced by destructive plasticity, that is not interested or only falsely interested in itself. — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 3217
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines ‘the hypothesis of absolute danger’ and its outcome: an identity formed by destructive plasticity, indifferent to itself.
- XREF: connects to: Brain injury cannot be fantasized or represented. — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 366; Alzheimer’s produces a new identity rather than merely diminishing a person. — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 53; Cerebral trauma victims need recognition that bypasses psychic translation — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 351 (+11 more)
Broader Connections
- Severe trauma can sever a person’s felt continuity with their own life
#corroborates(0.95) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 510 - Neurology observes identity change from lesions without theorizing it
#expands(0.92) — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 3440 - The loss of individual personality can itself become an identity
#expands(0.90) - Globalized trauma mirrors brain damage as transformation without sublation
#expands(0.88) — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 4348 - Trauma can erase specific memories while intensifying religious practice
#expands(0.85) — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 846 - Severe psychological trauma creates impenetrable mental barriers against pre-war memories
#expands(0.82) — Farrar, Straus and Giroux Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone- Memoirs of a Boy…, 569 - Dementia is another way humans lose control of their carefully maintained identities
#expands(0.78) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 138