Cultural Trauma and Collective Identity

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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. Look...

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Main Author: Alexander, Jeffrey C.
Other Authors: Sztompka, Piotr, Smelser, Neil J., Giesen, Bernard, Eyerman, Ron
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: CA : University of California Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Aspect social.
Identite collective.
Problemes sociaux.
Changement (Psychologie)
Sociologie.
Traumatisme.
Traumatisme psychique.
Psychologische aspecten.
Sociale problemen.
Crises.
Trauma's (psychologie)
Social problems > Psychological aspects.
Psychic trauma > Social aspects.
Crises > Psychological aspects.
Change (Psychology)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Crises (Sciences sociales) > Aspect psychologique.
Traumatisme psychique > Aspect social.
Problemes sociaux > Aspect psychologique.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 pages).
ISBN:9780520936768

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