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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.

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Preface 1. Toward a Theory of Cultural Trauma: Jeffrey C. Alexander 2. Psychological Trauma and Cultural Trauma: Neil J. Smelser 3. Cultural Trauma: Slavery and the Formation of African American Identity: Ron Eyerman 4. Triumph and Trauma: Bernhard Giesen 5. The Trauma of Social Change: A Case of Postcommunist Societies: Piotr Sztompka 6. On the Social Construction of Moral Universals: The "Holocaust" from War Crime to Trauma Drama: Jeffrey C. Alexander Epilogue: September 11, 2001, as Cultural Trauma: Neil J. Smelser Bibliography Index

Cultural Trauma and Collective Identity

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 22/03/2004
      ISBN13: 9780520235953, 978-0520235953
      ISBN10: 0520235959
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      Preface 1. Toward a Theory of Cultural Trauma: Jeffrey C. Alexander 2. Psychological Trauma and Cultural Trauma: Neil J. Smelser 3. Cultural Trauma: Slavery and the Formation of African American Identity: Ron Eyerman 4. Triumph and Trauma: Bernhard Giesen 5. The Trauma of Social Change: A Case of Postcommunist Societies: Piotr Sztompka 6. On the Social Construction of Moral Universals: The "Holocaust" from War Crime to Trauma Drama: Jeffrey C. Alexander Epilogue: September 11, 2001, as Cultural Trauma: Neil J. Smelser Bibliography Index

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