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States of denial, knowing about atrocities and suffering, Stanley Cohen

Label
States of denial, knowing about atrocities and suffering, Stanley Cohen
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [302]-330) and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
States of denial
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
45994839
Responsibility statement
Stanley Cohen
Sub title
knowing about atrocities and suffering
Table Of 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?
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