Open AccessΤο «τραύμα» του AIDS: προσεγγίσεις του προσωπικού, κοινωνικού και πολιτικού νοήματος που ενέχει η διάδοση του ιού HIV στην κοινότητα των ομοφυλόφιλων ανδρών
Author(s) -
Ελένη Καραγεωργίου
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psychologia: to periodiko tīs ellīnikīs psychologikīs etaireias/psychologia. to periodiko tīs ellīnikīs psychologikīs etaireias
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2732-6640
pISSN - 1106-5737
DOI - 10.12681/psy_hps.23698
Subject(s) - social psychology , strict constructionism , silence , stigma (botany) , politics , empowerment , psychology , identity (music) , sociology , criminology , political science , psychiatry , aesthetics , law , philosophy
The current article is based in psychological theories and researches and some anthropological approaches about the spreading of the HIV infection and AIDS in current west societies, in order to investigate the connections between the social and cultural representations and the personal meanings with which the disease is associated. It attempts tohighlight how these meanings affect the way by which the person experiences the diagnosis of AIDS. A constructionist and phenomenological approach is used in order to discuss the impact of the diagnosis as a traumatic event that stigmatizes the personal identity and sets forth a process of re-evaluation of the personal position and the position of the gay community to the world. In contrast to the dominant trend to assimilate the stigma and the perception of the disease as a punishment, which maintains the fear, the silence and the repression of the diversity, a political discourse that is developing internationally is presented, which views the trauma of AIDS as a catalyst for the empowerment of the victims.