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Trauma & Philosophy

Philosopher Frank Seeburger's reflections on trauma as it relates to contemporary philosophical issues, especially those of truth, temporality, sovereignty, representation, politics, and the nature of philosophy itself.

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  • April 2025
    • Apr 28, 2025 Choosing to Wait (My Delayed Response to a Friend)
    • Apr 14, 2025 Reacting and Responding
  • March 2025
    • Mar 24, 2025 Erotic Friendship
    • Mar 10, 2025 Uprooting Ourselves
  • February 2025
    • Feb 24, 2025 Resurrection Now!
    • Feb 10, 2025 The Scott in Me
  • January 2025
    • Jan 27, 2025 The Stability of Resistance
    • Jan 13, 2025 World's End
  • November 2024
    • Nov 25, 2024 Freedom from Attribution
    • Nov 11, 2024 The Repressed Returns in the Trauma of Humanity -- Part Two: Humanity Traumatizing
  • October 2024
    • Oct 28, 2024 The Repressed Returns in the Trauma of Humanity -- Part One: Humanity Traumatized
    • Oct 14, 2024 The Choice to Choose
  • September 2024
    • Sep 23, 2024 Disaccustoming Ourselves
    • Sep 9, 2024 The Need for Exceptions
  • May 2024
    • May 13, 2024 Changing Times, Changing Lives
  • April 2024
    • Apr 22, 2024 Dread and Astonishment
    • Apr 8, 2024 The Invaluable
  • March 2024
    • Mar 25, 2024 The Wear and Tear of Loving Usage
    • Mar 11, 2024 Keeping Things Handy
  • February 2024
    • Feb 26, 2024 Capitalism, Fascism, and the Essence of Modern Technology
    • Feb 12, 2024 Dwelling-Crafts II: Crafting Habits for Inhabiting Dwellings
  • January 2024
    • Jan 22, 2024 Dwelling-Crafts I: Crafts for Crafting Dwellings
    • Jan 8, 2024 The Flow of Resentment
  • November 2023
    • Nov 13, 2023 Praiseworthy and Blameworthy Blaming
  • October 2023
    • Oct 23, 2023 Shifting Blame
    • Oct 9, 2023 The Mastery of Slaves
  • September 2023
    • Sep 25, 2023 On Masters and Mastery
    • Sep 11, 2023 Conjuring Memories
  • May 2023
    • May 22, 2023 Jargon as the Resoundingly Glad Chatter of Joyful Echoes
    • May 8, 2023 Repulsive Attraction
  • April 2023
    • Apr 24, 2023 They Taught ME to Think!
    • Apr 10, 2023 Whatever the Market Will Bear
  • March 2023
    • Mar 27, 2023 Thinking Thinly and Tendentiously
    • Mar 13, 2023 Virtueless Virtue, Worthless Worth
  • February 2023
    • Feb 27, 2023 The Myth of Religion
    • Feb 13, 2023 Homeless Human Resources of Peoples and Cultures
  • January 2023
    • Jan 23, 2023 Holy Irreality
    • Jan 9, 2023 Disowning Ownership
  • November 2022
    • Nov 14, 2022 “You Say You Want a Revolution”
  • October 2022
    • Oct 24, 2022 My First Love in Philosophy
    • Oct 10, 2022 Impossible Routines for Inhabiting the Uninhabitable
  • September 2022
    • Sep 26, 2022 Routine Matters
    • Sep 12, 2022 Elsewhere, Philosophy: Reimpressing Myself (or, One’s Own Philosophy? No Thank You!)
  • May 2022
    • May 23, 2022 Progression, Regression, Aggression
    • May 9, 2022 Health, Care, and Healthcare
  • April 2022
    • Apr 25, 2022 Some Wisdom from Wisdom
    • Apr 11, 2022 Neglecting Ourselves
  • March 2022
    • Mar 28, 2022 The End of Education
    • Mar 14, 2022 Argh! An Argument!
  • February 2022
    • Feb 28, 2022 Philosophy? What's That?
    • Feb 14, 2022 Hoping for Hopeless Hope
  • January 2022
    • Jan 24, 2022 Our Disconnection
    • Jan 10, 2022 Our Current Crisis and the Potency of the Archaic
  • November 2021
    • Nov 22, 2021 The Centrality of the Margins and the Claim of Authority
    • Nov 8, 2021 International Nations
  • October 2021
    • Oct 25, 2021 Our Greatest Danger
    • Oct 25, 2021 Our Greatest Danger
    • Oct 11, 2021 Inclusive Exclusion
  • September 2021
    • Sep 29, 2021 Embracing Pariah
    • Sep 27, 2021 Exclusive Inclusion
    • Sep 11, 2021 Blindness Reinforced: Our Missed Opportunity of 9/11/01
  • May 2021
    • May 24, 2021 Hearken, Hear, Heed
    • May 10, 2021 Delimiting the Region of Freedom
  • April 2021
    • Apr 26, 2021 Resorting to Resources
    • Apr 12, 2021 Escape and Entertainment
  • March 2021
    • Mar 22, 2021 The Territory of the State and the State of the Territory
    • Mar 8, 2021 Generation of the Homeless
  • February 2021
    • Feb 22, 2021 Pariahs Anonymous
    • Feb 9, 2021 "Screen-Visions," Prophecy, and My Mazatlan Weekend
    • Feb 8, 2021 "I Never Signed On To Be a Chicken-Sexer"
  • January 2021
    • Jan 25, 2021 Natality and Nationality
    • Jan 11, 2021 Assertions and Opinions
  • November 2020
    • Nov 16, 2020 Refusing to Become Subjects
    • Nov 2, 2020 Sustaining Conversion
  • October 2020
    • Oct 19, 2020 God the Idol
    • Oct 5, 2020 Unemployable
  • September 2020
    • Sep 21, 2020 Reclaiming Our Own
    • Sep 7, 2020 A Humble Encomium--To Myself (?)
  • August 2020
    • Aug 17, 2020 Products Made, That Then Just Do
    • Aug 3, 2020 Products Made To Do
  • July 2020
    • Jul 20, 2020 Products Made To Be Done Unto
    • Jul 6, 2020 Without Grounds: An Impious Thought
  • June 2020
    • Jun 19, 2020 The Ethics of Anger
    • Jun 15, 2020 Eulogy for the Sciences: What Darling Babes They Will Have Been! (An Appropriating Expropriation)
    • Jun 6, 2020 What the Demonstrations Demonstrate
    • Jun 1, 2020 Tribute to an Old Nazi (An Expropriating Appropriation)
  • May 2020
    • May 18, 2020 The Profundity of the Mirror: Our Current Global Narcissism
    • May 4, 2020 Kept Free
  • April 2020
    • Apr 13, 2020 Forced Free
    • Apr 6, 2020 Politics Elsewhere
  • March 2020
    • Mar 30, 2020 The Chance of Life
  • February 2020
    • Feb 10, 2020 Free Thought
    • Feb 3, 2020 Home Today
  • January 2020
    • Jan 27, 2020 Native Soil
    • Jan 20, 2020 Homesick
    • Jan 13, 2020 Reanimations, Reiterations, and Resurrections
  • December 2019
    • Dec 23, 2019 Taking a Holiday Break
    • Dec 16, 2019 The Phenomenology of God
    • Dec 9, 2019 Trauma Institutes and Institutionalized Trauma
    • Dec 2, 2019 The Problem with Theisms
  • November 2019
    • Nov 25, 2019 Gentle Terror
    • Nov 18, 2019 God, Selfhood, and Selfishness
    • Nov 11, 2019 Advertising Diversions and Diverting Advertisements
    • Nov 4, 2019 For God's Sake
  • October 2019
    • Oct 28, 2019 My Life as a Whore
    • Oct 21, 2019 Veneration, Venality, and the Venerable
    • Oct 14, 2019 Is There a Substitute for the Proletariat?
    • Oct 7, 2019 The Very Seat of Sin
  • September 2019
    • Sep 30, 2019 Recycling Reality
    • Sep 23, 2019 What Stands Alone
    • Sep 16, 2019 The Antiquation of the Proletariat
    • Sep 9, 2019 Entering the Promised Land--or, Retrieving Archaic Modernity
  • June 2019
    • Jun 3, 2019 Announcing My Summer Blogging Break
  • May 2019
    • May 27, 2019 Autonomous Anarchies
    • May 20, 2019 Laws and the Law
    • May 13, 2019 Two Bonds
    • May 6, 2019 What Are Riots For?
  • April 2019
    • Apr 29, 2019 What Is a Riot?
    • Apr 19, 2019 Exiting Egypt--or, Leaving Servitude to Modern Modernity
    • Apr 15, 2019 Deliverance Now
    • Apr 8, 2019 Vacuums and Clearings: The Taking and the Making of Space
    • Apr 1, 2019 Rendering the Desert Just Deserts
  • March 2019
    • Mar 25, 2019 Deserting the Desert
    • Mar 18, 2019 Questioning Authority
    • Mar 11, 2019 Disrobing the Emperor
    • Mar 4, 2019 Divine Authority
  • February 2019
    • Feb 25, 2019 The Freeing Word
    • Feb 18, 2019 Authority and Authorities
    • Feb 11, 2019 For Shame
    • Feb 4, 2019 Disempowering the Devil
  • January 2019
    • Jan 28, 2019 The Devil at Noon
    • Jan 21, 2019 From Striking Back to Witnessing: The Freeing Power of Words
    • Jan 14, 2019 The Power of Non-Compliance
    • Jan 7, 2019 Liberating Imprisonment
  • December 2018
    • Dec 10, 2018 What Education Is For
    • Dec 3, 2018 Basic Training--and Training, Basically
  • November 2018
    • Nov 26, 2018 Learning Who We Are
    • Nov 19, 2018 Education? For What?
    • Nov 12, 2018 Conducive Power: The Power of the Open Hand
    • Nov 5, 2018 Coercive Power: The Power of the Closed Fist
  • October 2018
    • Oct 29, 2018 The Use and Abuse of Blindness (8)
    • Oct 22, 2018 The Use and Abuse of Blindness (7)
    • Oct 15, 2018 The Use and Abuse of Blindness (6)
    • Oct 8, 2018 The Use and Abuse of Blindness (5)
    • Oct 1, 2018 The Use and Abuse of Blindness (4)
  • September 2018
    • Sep 24, 2018 The Use and Abuse of Blindness (3)
    • Sep 17, 2018 The Use and Abuse of Blindness (2)
    • Sep 10, 2018 The Use and Abuse of Blindness (1)
  • July 2018
    • Jul 16, 2018 Boots Riley's "Sorry to Bother You": Yet Another Après-Coup After "The Coup"--or, What Is the United States of America?
    • Jul 3, 2018 Pulling Out of the Traffic: The Après-Coups After The Coup (3)
    • Jul 3, 2018 Pulling Out of the Traffic: The Après-Coups After The Coup (2)
    • Jul 3, 2018 Pulling Out of the Traffic: The Après-Coups After The Coup (1)
  • June 2018
    • Jun 4, 2018 How You Will See Me Again in September
  • May 2018
    • May 28, 2018 The Kiss of Medusa and Trauma's Return: Thought-Play (6)
    • May 21, 2018 The Kiss of Medusa and Trauma's Return: Thought-Play (5)
    • May 14, 2018 The Kiss of Medusa and Trauma's Return: Thought-Play (4)
    • May 7, 2018 The Kiss of Medusa and Trauma's Return: Thought-Play (3)
  • April 2018
    • Apr 30, 2018 The Kiss of Medusa and Trauma's Return: Thought-Play (2)
    • Apr 23, 2018 The Kiss of Medusa and Trauma’s Return: Thought-Play (1)
    • Apr 16, 2018 In Defense of Apathy (2)
    • Apr 9, 2018 In Defense of Apathy (1)
    • Apr 2, 2018 Language Theft and the Enclosure of the Commons
  • March 2018
    • Mar 26, 2018 Language Theft and the Enclosure of the Commons (2)
    • Mar 19, 2018 Language Theft and the Enclosure of the Commons (1)
    • Mar 12, 2018 Religion and Revolution (5)
    • Mar 5, 2018 Religion and Revolution (4)
  • February 2018
    • Feb 26, 2018 Religion and Revolution (3)
    • Feb 19, 2018 Religion and Revolution (2)
    • Feb 12, 2018 Religion and Revolution (1)
    • Feb 5, 2018 The Conversion of Nature and Technology (5)
    • Feb 2, 2018 S(‘)no(w)job, Doing James Joycetice—Special Post
  • January 2018
    • Jan 29, 2018 The Conversion of Nature and Technology (4)
    • Jan 22, 2018 The Conversion of Nature and Technology (3)
    • Jan 15, 2018 The Conversion of Nature and Technology (2)
    • Jan 8, 2018 The Conversion of Nature and Technology (1)
  • December 2017
    • Dec 18, 2017 Trauma and Transfiguration (4): The Trauma of Transfiguration
    • Dec 11, 2017 Trauma and Transfiguration (3): The Transfiguration of Trauma
    • Dec 4, 2017 Trauma and Transfiguration (2): The Ineffectiveness of Trauma
  • November 2017
    • Nov 27, 2017 Trauma and Transfiguration (1): The Accidence, Incidence, and Intransigence of Trauma
    • Nov 20, 2017 Idol Worship, Idle Worship (4): Ending the Exchange
    • Nov 13, 2017 Idol Worship, Idle Worship (3): God in Community
    • Nov 6, 2017 Idol Worship, Idle Worship (2): Breaking the Circulation
  • October 2017
    • Oct 30, 2017 Idol Worship, Idle Worship (1): The Trauma of Idolatry
    • Oct 23, 2017 Powerful Words: Freedom of Speech
    • Oct 16, 2017 Powerful Speech: Disempowering Language
    • Oct 9, 2017 Powerful Words: A Cop's Repentance
    • Oct 2, 2017 Powerful Words: A Confession
  • July 2017
    • Jul 3, 2017 Waiting for Politics to Begin Again (6)
  • June 2017
    • Jun 26, 2017 Waiting for Politics to Begin Again (5)
    • Jun 19, 2017 Waiting for Politics to Begin Again (4)
    • Jun 12, 2017 Waiting for Politics to Begin Again (3)
    • Jun 5, 2017 Waiting for Politics to Begin Again (2)
  • May 2017
    • May 29, 2017 Waiting for Politics to Begin Again (1)
    • May 22, 2017 Poetry, Prayer, and Memory (8)
    • May 15, 2017 Poetry, Prayer, and Memory (7)
    • May 8, 2017 Poetry, Prayer, and Memory (6)
    • May 1, 2017 Poetry, Prayer, and Memory (5)
  • April 2017
    • Apr 24, 2017 Poetry, Prayer, and Memory (4)
    • Apr 17, 2017 Poetry, Prayer, and Memory (3)
    • Apr 10, 2017 Poetry, Prayer, and Memory (2)
    • Apr 3, 2017 Poetry, Prayer, and Memory (1)
  • March 2017
    • Mar 27, 2017 Art After the Holocaust (4)
    • Mar 20, 2017 Art After the Holocaust (3)
    • Mar 13, 2017 Art After the Holocaust (2)
    • Mar 6, 2017 Art After the Holocaust (1)
  • February 2017
    • Feb 27, 2017 Holocaust Remembrance (5)
    • Feb 20, 2017 Holocaust Remembrance (4)
    • Feb 13, 2017 Holocaust Remembrance (3)
    • Feb 6, 2017 Holocaust Remembrance (2)
  • January 2017
    • Jan 29, 2017 Border Crossings
    • Jan 27, 2017 Holocaust Remembrance (1)
    • Jan 23, 2017 Forgetting Ourselves (3)
    • Jan 16, 2017 Forgetting Ourselves (2)
    • Jan 9, 2017 Forgetting Ourselves (1)
    • Jan 1, 2017 New Website
  • December 2016
    • Dec 12, 2016 Embracing Ourselves (3)
    • Dec 5, 2016 Embracing Ourselves (2)
  • November 2016
    • Nov 29, 2016 Embracing Ourselves (1)
    • Nov 16, 2016 Wounding Warriors: Their Own Wounds That Time Can't Heal (4)
    • Nov 15, 2016 Wounding Warriors: Their Own Wounds That Time Can’t Heal (3)
    • Nov 14, 2016 Wounding Warriors: Their Own Wounds That Time Can’t Heal (2)
    • Nov 13, 2016 Wounding Warriors: Their Own Wounds That Time Can’t Heal (1)
    • Nov 12, 2016 Remembering Ourselves
    • Nov 11, 2016 A Brief Reflection on Remembrance for Veterans Day
    • Nov 9, 2016 Remembering the Third Reich American Style (6)
    • Nov 8, 2016 Remembering the Third Reich American Style (5)
    • Nov 7, 2016 Remembering the Third Reich American Style (4)
    • Nov 6, 2016 Remembering the Third Reich American Style (3)
    • Nov 5, 2016 Remembering the Third Reich American Style (2)
    • Nov 4, 2016 Remembering the Third Reich American Style (1)
  • July 2016
    • Jul 16, 2016 Guest blog | Letters to Bethel
  • May 2016
    • May 30, 2016 Can We Mourn Yet? (5)
    • May 23, 2016 Can We Mourn Yet? (4)
    • May 16, 2016 Can We Mourn Yet? (3)
    • May 9, 2016 Can We Mourn Yet? (2)
    • May 2, 2016 Can We Mourn Yet? (1)