Culture, Trauma, and Memetics

In this chapter:

“Trauma” as a concept in general, a common shape of model about its causal structure, as well as important heuristic signals of trauma in others:

• Trauma
• The Structure of Trauma
• Trauma Smells

Memetics as the basic mechanism of cultural transmission, and some on the interaction between culture and trauma:

• Memetics
• Culture, Taboo, and Trauma

Culture and memes as often burdensome psychologically, and difficult to shake off:

• Burdens of Meaning