商品簡介
Trauma can be either emotional or physical. Generally it is studied as something that happens to individuals. Sarat (jurisprudence, Amherst), Davidovitch (public health, Ben Gurion University, Israel) ,and Alberstein (law, Bar Ilan University, Israel) seek to understand collective trauma, such as that which millions of people suffered as a result of the attacks of 9/11. The contributors come from the fields of law and mental health as might be expected, but they also include experts in literary and film studies, philosophy, anthropology and ethnography. Most focus on memory as a filter of trauma. The examples are as varied as the Holocaust, from both sides; cultural and physical trauma suffered by women; the experiences of undocumented workers in Israel; Viet Nam post-traumatic stress; post-Apartheid South Africa; and collective trauma relayed through film. Finally, the authors address memory and healing. Should we try as a group to forget? Should we forgive and, if so, how? The issues raised in this study are universal. How groups and nations deal with collective trauma sets the course for whether we continue old battles or find peace at last. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science and Five College Fortieth Anniversary Professor at Amherst College. Nadav Davidovitch, MD, MPH, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Public Health, Ben Gu
