Projective Identification and Systematic Child Degradation: A Case Study on Transgenerational Trauma and Institutional Abuse in Austrian Care Homes
Abstract
This publication is not a conventional biography, but a psychological and historical documentation of transgenerational trauma. It analyzes the "unconscious rejection" by a mother who remained in an infantile survival mode for 80 years, and how this led to the projective identification of the child as a "burden" or "enemy." The document details how Austrian care homes in the 20th century systematically exploited these family dynamics through: Black Pedagogy (Schwarze Pädagogik): Methods designed to break the child's will. Institutional Violence: Systematic degradation, including confinement in cellars (Kellereinsperrungen). Systematic Devaluation: How the state apparatus continued the parental rejection, leading to a complete loss of identity for the victims. This record serves the purpose of documentation and reappraisal (Aufarbeitung) of human rights violations in the context of institutional upbringing.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Military
Security
and Education Studies
Memory
violence
and history
Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 1 March 2026
- Language
- EN