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Do these phenomena have anything in common? When we deny, are we aware of what we are doing or is this an unconscious defence mechanism to protect us from unwelcome truths? Can there be cultures of denial? How do organizations like Amnesty and Oxfam try to overcome the public's apparent indifference to distant suffering and cruelty? Is denial always so bad - or do we need positive illusions to retain our sanity?
States of Denial is the first comprehensive study of both the personal and political ways in which uncomfortable realities are avoided and evaded. It ranges from clinical studies of depression, to media images of suffering, to explanations of the 'passive bystander' and 'compassion fatigue'. The book shows how organized atrocities - the Holocaust and other genocides, torture, and political massacres - are denied by perpetrators and by bystanders, those who stand by and do nothing.
Do these phenomena have anything in common? When we deny, are we aware of what we are doing or is this an unconscious defence mechanism to protect us from unwelcome truths? Can there be cultures of denial? How do organizations like Amnesty and Oxfam try to overcome the public's apparent indifference to distant suffering and cruelty? Is denial always so bad - or do we need positive illusions to retain our sanity?
States of Denial is the first comprehensive study of both the personal and political ways in which uncomfortable realities are avoided and evaded. It ranges from clinical studies of depression, to media images of suffering, to explanations of the 'passive bystander' and 'compassion fatigue'. The book shows how organized atrocities - the Holocaust and other genocides, torture, and political massacres - are denied by perpetrators and by bystanders, those who stand by and do nothing.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2000 |
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Fachbereich: | Angewandte Psychologie |
Genre: | Importe, Psychologie |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Gebunden |
ISBN-13: | 9780745623924 |
ISBN-10: | 0745623921 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Cohen, Stanley (London School of Economics and Political Science) |
Hersteller: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 227 x 154 x 27 mm |
Von/Mit: | Stanley Cohen |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 14.12.2000 |
Gewicht: | 0,531 kg |