Psycho-social Explorations of Trauma, Exclusion and Violence: Un-housed Minds and Inhospitable Environments

The book explores how power, privilege, and positioning intersect in tense encounters between in-groups and out-groups, leading to toxic "othering" and psychosocial trauma. It offers the Diogenes Paradigm as a tool to analyze how those on the margins of dominant social structures inherit the legacies of oppression and exclusion. The book addresses global issues such as racial trauma, human mobility, and climate disaster and proposes a manifesto for sustainable restructuring and reparation. It is a valuable resource for social justice practitioners, researchers, and academics.

Format: Hardback
Length: 186 pages
Publication date: 25 February 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The central theme of this book delves into the intricate interplay of power, privilege, and positioning, as manifested in the fraught encounters between in-groups and out-groups in our deeply fragmented world. The authors present a distinctive perspective on inter-group dynamics and structural violence at local, societal, cultural, and global levels, shedding light on the processes of toxic "othering" and psychosocial (re-)traumatization.

The book introduces the Diogenes Paradigm as a groundbreaking conceptual tool to analyze the experiences of individuals who find themselves situated outside or on the margins of dominant social structures. This analysis offers a psycho-social redefinition of trauma that emphasizes the interconnectedness between the inhospitable environments we create and the experiences of un-housedness that we perpetuate.

Written in a engaging and accessible style, Psycho-social Explorations of Trauma, Exclusion, and Violence directly addresses pressing global issues such as racial trauma, human mobility, and climate disaster. It serves as a manifesto for the creative re-imagining of spaces and places where conversations about restructuring and reparation can become sustainable. This is an essential and compelling book for anyone committed to social justice, particularly for practitioners working in health, social care, and community justice settings, as well as researchers and academics across the behavioral and social sciences.

Weight: 454g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032121130