A collection of essays on the genealogy, semantics, and relevance of the concept of 'trauma' in the contemporary world. It addresses '911', cyber-terrorism, the shoah, political tyranny, the 'end of history', and engage with the thought of Kierkegaard, Schmitt, Hobbes, Derrida, Agamben, Badiou, Zizek, Lacan and Freud.