Physical Description
ix, 314 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Towards a Theory of Cultural Trauma / Jeffrey C. Alexander
Psychological Trauma and Cultural Trauma / Neil J. Smelser
Cultural Truma: Slavery and the Formation of African American Identity From Emanicipation to the Civl Rights Movement / Ron Eyerman
Triumph and Trauma / Bernhard Giesen
The Trauma of Social Change: A Case of Post-Communist Societies / Piotr Sztompka
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
Other Authors/Editors
Alexander, Jeffrey C., 1947-
ISBN
0520235940
0520235959 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-297) and index.
Towards a Theory of Cultural Trauma / Jeffrey C. Alexander -- Psychological Trauma and Cultural Trauma / Neil J. Smelser -- Cultural Truma: Slavery and the Formation of African American Identity From Emanicipation to the Civl Rights Movement / Ron Eyerman -- Triumph and Trauma / Bernhard Giesen -- The Trauma of Social Change: A Case of Post-Communist Societies / Piotr Sztompka -- 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
