[Symposium 64] The long-term effects of the Asia-Pacific War and its transmission across generations in individuals, collectives and societies

[SY-64] The long-term effects of the Asia-Pacific War and its transmission across generations in individuals, collectives and societies

Koh Eugen², Tadashi Takeshima¹, Shin Kurumizawa³ (1.Taisho University(Japan), 2.University of Melbourne(Australia), 3.Hananotani Clinic(Japan))

Keywords:

Asia-Pacific War,transgenerational trauma,long term effects

80 years after it ended, the Asia-Pacific region is still experiencing the long term effects of the war that left some 30 millions dead and many more millions injured. The transmission of the impact of the war over generations in individuals has been conceptualised as transgenerational trauma. Its long-term impact on collectives and society may be conceptualised as cultural trauma, where the way people feel about themselves, behave, and relate to one another as a group has been changed by their shared experience of the War. This symposium is on the long term effects of the Asia-Pacific War and its transmission across generations in individuals and collectives and societies.