Sanctity of Human Life in War: Ethics and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Author(s):  
James A. Beshai ◽  
Richard J. Tushup
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-119
Author(s):  
Maren Lickhardt

Jessica Jones is one of the few female heroes of the Marvel universe, or, to be more precise, an anti-heroine. This article on Jessica Jones (2015‐present) deals with Jessica’s post-traumatic stress disorder and her status as a victim by putting aside the obvious gender issues. Powerlessness and self-empowerment shall be discussed as an ineluctable condition of human life on the one hand (Sartre) and a political allegory of omnipresent surveillance on the other hand (Foucault) ‐ without denying that personal responsibility remains an important issue in the series. It will especially be analysed how film aesthetic means, like camera perspectives, involve the viewers into the aforesaid frightening processes.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samer Jamil Rudwan

Post-traumatic stress disorder is a type of mental sufferance that can develop in people who are exposed to traumatic events, caused by humans such as wars and sexual exploitation, or by life natural events, such as death, incurable illnesses, earthquakes, fires, etc. Although the exposure to stressful life events is part of the human life, some individuals are more vulnerable than others and, consequently, they suffer more than others. We will address these questions and provide some guidelines on how to face them and reduce their harmful effects to the least possible.


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