The Impact of the “Trauma of The past” Phenomenon on the Practices of the Reception of Historical Experience in the Context of National Security

Abstract

The article presents an analysis of the trauma phenomenon in the context of the past historical experience reception problematics. The author shows how the trauma of the past, which is a collective phenomenon, condition experienced by a group, community, or society as a result of devastating events socio-culturally interpreted as the injury is a consequence of the experience of unsuccessful public consciousness, or even a humiliating or tragic experience of the past, may have an impact on the mass consciousness, disintegrate the society, prevent its consolidation, promote an increase in sociocultural conflicts and social tensions, protests, and even aggressive behavior. The problems of the past reception are closely linked to ensuring national security, as through the understanding of its historical past and the association of events and phenomena in our historical past with meanings and value the process of self-consciousness of the people and its unity takes place. The trauma of the past in the practice of the historical experience reception turns out to be placed in the space of intercultural interaction of the past and present, when through the reception by means of sociocultural practices, the past enters the present, but due to the contradictory perception and ambiguous interpretations by political elites and various social groups of events, situations, and images of the past, "memory gaps" occur, and unordered (unstable) social memory is formed, which hinders ensuring national security.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n4s4p221