Politics
摘要
This chapter explains how PTSD holds a unique and significant place when coming to further our interpretation into how we experience and comprehend time. This is revealed through narrative analysis, film case studies, and by employing and developing the work of the philosopher Henri Bergson. We learn how continuity editing expands felt time. This chapter also explains the political context of PTSD, and digital media including TikTok and WeChat, positioning media and its use and impact within a global context. Through integration, interrogation, and application of philosophers and clinicians, such as Bergson, Deleuze, and Lacan, this chapter addresses PTSD in relation to time and film. Framed under the larger heading of Politics, following three sections on Identity and Politics are elaborated on: Time as the New God; Reality, Culture, Politics; and Being Traumatically Digital.