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020			_a9781107338326 (ebook)
020			_z9781107043404 (hardback)
020			_z9781107626607 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aBF175.5.P75 _bA44 2013
082	0	0	_a155.9/3 _223
100	1		_aAlford, C. Fred, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aTrauma and Forgiveness : _bConsequences and Communities / _cC. Fred Alford.
246	3		_aTrauma & Forgiveness
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (230 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aContrary to the view of trauma popularized by literary theorists, Trauma and Forgiveness argues that the traumatized are capable of representing their experience and that we should therefore listen more and theorize less. Using stories and case studies, including testimonies from Holocaust survivors, as well as the victims of 'ordinary' trauma, C. Fred Alford shows that, while the traumatized are generally capable of representing their experience, this does little to heal them. He draws on the British Object Relations tradition in psychoanalysis to argue that forgiveness, which might be expected to help heal the traumatized, is generally an attempt to avoid the hard work of mourning losses that can never be made whole. Forgiveness is better seen as a virtue in the classical sense, a recognition of human vulnerability. The book concludes with an extended case study of the essayist Jean Améry and his refusal to forgive.
650		0	_aPsychic trauma
650		0	_aForgiveness
650		0	_aPsychology
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107043404
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107338326
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37133 _d37133