States of denial : knowing about atrocities and suffering / Stanley Cohen.

Author/creator Cohen, Stanley
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, UK : Polity ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, 2001.
Descriptionxvi, 344 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. The elementary forms of denial -- 2. Knowing and not-knowing: the psychology of denial -- 3. Denial at work: mechanisms and rhetorical devices -- 4. Accounting for atrocities: perpetrators and officials -- 5. Blocking out the past: personal memories, public histories -- 6. Bystander states -- 7. Images of suffering -- 8. Appeals: outrage into action -- 9. Digging up graves, opening up wounds: acknowledging the past -- 10. Acknowledgement now -- 11. Towards cultures of denial? -- Notes -- Index.
Local noteLittle-328734--305131024539-
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [302]-330) and index.
ISBN0745616577
ISBN0745623921 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks BF175.5.D45 C64 2001 ✔ Available Place Hold