Empire of trauma, the: an inquiry into the condition of victimhood
Auteur :
Fassin, Didier / Rechtman, Richard
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691137537
Date de publication :
26 juil. 2009
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
425 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Tells the story of how the traumatic victim became culturally and politically respectable, and how trauma itself became an unassailable moral category. Revealing how trauma has come to authenticate the suffering of victims, this title provides critical perspective on some of the moral and political issues at stake in the contemporary world.