{"product_id":"trauma-a-social-theory-paperback-softback-9780745649122","title":"Trauma; A Social Theory (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745649122","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTrauma\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Social Theory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeffrey C. Alexander (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745649122, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 June 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e180 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.363 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Reminds the readers that working through trauma is not merely a matter of resurrecting \"burried memories\" but creating new ones. In this way, Alexander usefully beckons towards a future of \"cosmopolitan peace\". It is a dream worth returning to in the 21st century.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.co.uk\/story.asp?storyCode=420114\u0026amp;sectioncode=26\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A masterpiece of cultural explanation. Alexander powerfully documents the complex effects of trauma and blame in conflicts among groups, in a book that is both readable and fascinating.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames M. Jasper, CUNY Graduate Center\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Exemplary work in illustrating the processes that underlie trauma narrative creation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Studies Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Combining theoretical astuteness and empirical sensitivity, Alexander's book is a hugely significant contribution to the understanding of collective trauma, suffering, and memory. It opens up a wealth of new vistas for both cultural sociology and social theory more generally.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Inglis, University of Aberdeen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Already established as a leading scholar of cultural trauma and collective memory, Jeffrey Alexander solidifies his position in this new book. He deepens our theoretical understanding of trauma, expands its relevance through novel comparative analysis, and improves our grasp of its ingredients. I always grade a book on how much it makes me think about new things, and on this count Alexander wins first prize.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeil Smelser, University of California, Berkeley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this book Jeffrey C. Alexander develops an original social theory of  trauma and uses it to carry out a series of empirical investigations  into social suffering around the globe. \u003cp\u003eAlexander argues that traumas are not merely psychological but  collective experiences, and that trauma work plays a key role in  defining the origins and outcomes of critical social conflicts. He  outlines a model of trauma work that relates interests of carrier  groups, competing narrative identifications of victim and perpetrator,  utopian and dystopian proposals for trauma resolution, the performative  power of constructed events, and the distribution of organizational  resources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlexander explores these processes in richly textured case studies of  cultural-trauma origins and effects, from the universalism of the  Holocaust to the particularism of the Israeli right, from postcolonial  battles over the Partition of India and Pakistan to the invisibility of  the Rape of Nanjing in Maoist China. In a particularly controversial  chapter, Alexander describes the idealizing discourse of globalization  as a trauma-response to the Cold War.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary societies have often been described as more concerned with  the past than the future, more with tragedy than progress. In \u003ci\u003eTrauma: A Social Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, Alexander explains why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Cultural Trauma: A Social Theory\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Holocaust and Trauma: Moral Universalism in the West\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Holocaust and Trauma: Moral Restriction in Israel (with Shai Dromi)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Massacre and Trauma: Nanjing and the Silence of Maoism (with Rui Gao)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Partition and Trauma: Repairing India and Pakistan\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Globalization and Trauma: The Dream of Cosmopolitan Peace\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Psychology%20%5BJM%5D%22\"\u003eJM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52470030729496,"sku":"9780745649122","price":17.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745649122.jpg?v=1785628893","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/trauma-a-social-theory-paperback-softback-9780745649122","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}