「社会的苦しみ」としての戦争トラウマ

War Trauma as "Social Suffering" in Japan

戦中・戦後の日本社会では，公的な領域でのトラウマの抑圧と否認が長期にわたって続いてきたが，近年復員兵の子ども世代の活動などにより，戦争トラウマと彼らの「社会的苦しみ」が可視化されるようになってきた。また，戦闘や軍隊で生じる苦痛は，恐怖を核とする心的外傷後ストレス症（PTSD）モデルだけでは捉えきれず，道徳規範の侵害に関わる「モラル・インジャリー」と，その長期にわたる破壊的影響についても今後考察を深める必要がある。

Abstract

In Japanese society during and after the war, there has been a long period of repression and denial of trauma in the public sphere. However, in recent years, war trauma and their “social suffering” have become visible through the activities of the children's generation of veterans. In addition, the suffering that occurs in combat and the military cannot be grasped only by the posttraumatic stress disorder model with fear at its core, but “moral injury” related to the violation of moral norms and its long-lasting destructive effects must also be considered in the future.