From the Ashes of History : Collective Trauma and the Making of International Politics

Summary: In 'From the Ashes of History', Adam B. Lerner looks at collective trauma as a foundational force in international politics - a 'shock' to political cultures that can constitute new actors and shape decision-making over the long-term. While international relations scholarship has largely dismissed non-systematic, latent phenomena like trauma, Lerner argues that collective trauma can help draw the lines between international political groups and frame the logics of international political action.

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ISBN: 9780197623589
Physical Description: 262 p.
Publisher: Oxford University Press 2022
Copyright: ©2022

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Formatted Contents Note:

Part I Theoretical Framework -- 1.Collective trauma and the Making of International Politics -- 2. Theorizing Collective Trauma -- 3. Collective Trauma and Identity: a Necessary Liason -- Part II. Three Empirical Cases -- 4. Colonialism as Collective Trauma: Economic Nationalism and Autarkic State-Building in India -- 5. Victimhood Nationalism in Israel: The Eichmann Trial's Role in Israeli Foreign Policy Discourse -- 6. Blurring the Boundries of War: Post-Traumatic StressDisorder and the Collectivization of US Combat Trauma -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Index