Problem
Insensibility
Other Names:
DullnessSoreness
Nature:
"Insensibility" is a poem written by Wilfred Owen during the First World War which explores the effect of warfare on soldiers, and the long- and short-term psychological effects that it has on them. The poem's title refers to the fact that the soldiers have lost the ability to feel due to the horrors which they faced on the Western Front during the First World War.
Broader Problems:
Sense*complex Narrower Problems:
SufferingIrritability Related Problems:
ViceFearPainEnmityDeclineBadnessPovertyDiseaseTortureDarknessIgnoranceAgitationSolemnityDisreputeWrongnessFragilityInactivityDifficultyUnkindnessImpairmentDistortionDisrespectModerationImproprietyImperfectionAppropriationDiscontinuityMaladjustmentUnfeelingnessUnreliabilityUnpleasantnessUnintelligenceLoss of civilityIndiscriminationUnimaginativenessIrritability Subject(s):
Life → DeathMedicine → Nervous system
Psychology → Behaviour
Societal Problems → Accidents
Societal Problems → Emergencies
Societal Problems → Maltreatment
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
A: Abstract Fundamental Problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST