Cultural Trauma and Collective Identity.
Alexander, Jeffrey C.
Cultural Trauma and Collective Identity. - CA : University of California Press, 2004. - 1 online resource (327 pages) -
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. Toward a Theory of Cultural Trauma; 2. Psychological Trauma and Cultural Trauma; 3. Cultural Trauma: Slavery and the Formation of African American Identity; 4. The Trauma of Perpetrators: The Holocaust as the Traumatic Reference of German National Identity; 5. The Trauma of Social Change: A Case of Postcommunist Societies; 6. On the Social Construction of Moral Universals: The "Holocaust" from War Crime to Trauma Drama; Epilogue: September 11, 2001, as Cultural Trauma; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z.
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In this collaboratively authored work, five distinguished sociologists develop an ambitious theoretical model of "cultural trauma"--And on this basis build a new understanding of how social groups interact with emotion to create new and binding understandings of social responsibility. Looking at the "meaning making process" as an open-ended social dialogue in which strikingly different social narratives vie for influence, they outline a strongly constructivist approach to trauma and apply this theoretical model in a series of extensive case studies, including the Nazi Holocaust, slavery in the
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English.
9780520936768 (electronic bk.) 0520936760 (electronic bk.) 128276280X 9781282762800 9786612762802 6612762802 (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780520936768 10.1525/9780520936768 doi
22573/cttt31kc JSTOR
Social problems--Psychological aspects.
Psychic trauma--Social aspects.
Crises--Psychological aspects.
Change (Psychology)
Problèmes sociaux--Aspect psychologique.
Traumatisme psychique--Aspect social.
Changement (Psychologie)
Crises (Sciences sociales)--Aspect psychologique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Human Services.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--General.
Crises--Psychological aspects.
Psychic trauma--Social aspects.
Social problems--Psychological aspects.
Trauma's (psychologie)
Crises.
Sociale problemen.
Psychologische aspecten.
Traumatisme psychique.
Traumatisme.
Sociologie.
Changement (Psychologie)
Problèmes sociaux.
Identité collective.
Aspect social.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HN13 .C845 2004
361.1
Cultural Trauma and Collective Identity. - CA : University of California Press, 2004. - 1 online resource (327 pages) -
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. Toward a Theory of Cultural Trauma; 2. Psychological Trauma and Cultural Trauma; 3. Cultural Trauma: Slavery and the Formation of African American Identity; 4. The Trauma of Perpetrators: The Holocaust as the Traumatic Reference of German National Identity; 5. The Trauma of Social Change: A Case of Postcommunist Societies; 6. On the Social Construction of Moral Universals: The "Holocaust" from War Crime to Trauma Drama; Epilogue: September 11, 2001, as Cultural Trauma; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z.
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In this collaboratively authored work, five distinguished sociologists develop an ambitious theoretical model of "cultural trauma"--And on this basis build a new understanding of how social groups interact with emotion to create new and binding understandings of social responsibility. Looking at the "meaning making process" as an open-ended social dialogue in which strikingly different social narratives vie for influence, they outline a strongly constructivist approach to trauma and apply this theoretical model in a series of extensive case studies, including the Nazi Holocaust, slavery in the
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
9780520936768 (electronic bk.) 0520936760 (electronic bk.) 128276280X 9781282762800 9786612762802 6612762802 (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780520936768 10.1525/9780520936768 doi
22573/cttt31kc JSTOR
Social problems--Psychological aspects.
Psychic trauma--Social aspects.
Crises--Psychological aspects.
Change (Psychology)
Problèmes sociaux--Aspect psychologique.
Traumatisme psychique--Aspect social.
Changement (Psychologie)
Crises (Sciences sociales)--Aspect psychologique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Human Services.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--General.
Crises--Psychological aspects.
Psychic trauma--Social aspects.
Social problems--Psychological aspects.
Trauma's (psychologie)
Crises.
Sociale problemen.
Psychologische aspecten.
Traumatisme psychique.
Traumatisme.
Sociologie.
Changement (Psychologie)
Problèmes sociaux.
Identité collective.
Aspect social.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HN13 .C845 2004
361.1