Post by sjangwal on Dec 2, 2017 15:54:31 GMT
What is meant by the concept of "constructive bankruptcy," and what is important about this concept? Can you provide an example from your personal life or from a character in a novel or film who seems close to constructive bankruptcy? Explain your example.
The concept of "constructive bankruptcy" refers to an experience of an individual suffering trauma but not having the sufficient social constructs/meaning systems developed, relative to their societal norms, to properly deal with the situation at hand. The traumatic event is not comprehensible with the person's personal constructs, therefore the constructs are proven 'bankrupt', they just don’t work. This concept is important because it helps society understand an individual's particular experience of trauma objectively. Butt argues that we never look at the real world without it being filtered through constructions of it, they are infused with our natural attitudes of our time. Therefore this emphasizes how events appear to a person and using this knowledge the person could be helped through reconstruction of their social constructs. An example of constructive bankruptcy could have been seen in British history when the idea of 'stoicism' was held highly/considered the social norm; the concept of enduring hardship in the face of danger without displaying feelings/complaints. When individuals during this period would not show signs of stoicism they were seen as weak, but would also be described by psychologists (at the time) as not having the sufficient social constructs to deal with trauma. This idea is no longer the societal norm highlighting the changes of interpretation within a social framework throughout time.
The concept of "constructive bankruptcy" refers to an experience of an individual suffering trauma but not having the sufficient social constructs/meaning systems developed, relative to their societal norms, to properly deal with the situation at hand. The traumatic event is not comprehensible with the person's personal constructs, therefore the constructs are proven 'bankrupt', they just don’t work. This concept is important because it helps society understand an individual's particular experience of trauma objectively. Butt argues that we never look at the real world without it being filtered through constructions of it, they are infused with our natural attitudes of our time. Therefore this emphasizes how events appear to a person and using this knowledge the person could be helped through reconstruction of their social constructs. An example of constructive bankruptcy could have been seen in British history when the idea of 'stoicism' was held highly/considered the social norm; the concept of enduring hardship in the face of danger without displaying feelings/complaints. When individuals during this period would not show signs of stoicism they were seen as weak, but would also be described by psychologists (at the time) as not having the sufficient social constructs to deal with trauma. This idea is no longer the societal norm highlighting the changes of interpretation within a social framework throughout time.