In this book Jeffrey C. Alexander develops an original social theory of trauma and uses it to
carry out a series of empirical investigations into social suffering around the globe …

Drawing on data from a historical-ethnographic study of the cultural politics of school
desegregation in Seattle, USA, the author explores suffering as a recurring theme in the …

The present body of scholarship suggests that Black Americans seek mental health services
at much lower rates than their White American counterparts. The explanations for these …

The Political Sociology of Emotions articulates the political sociology of emotions as a sub-
field of emotions sociology in relation to cognate disciplines and sub-disciplines. Far from …

In The Long Defeat, Akiko Hashimoto explores the stakes of war memory in Japan after its
catastrophic defeat in World War II, showing how and why defeat has become an indelible …

In this book Jeffrey Alexander develops a new sociological theory of social crisis and applies
it to a wide range of cases, from the church paedophilia crisis to the# MeToo movement. He …

How do stories of particular events turn into global myths, while others fade away? What
becomes known and seen as a global iconic event? In Stories without Borders, Julia …

Using the example of three significant social theory texts, Horkheimer and Adorno's Dialectic
of Enlightenment, Freud's Moses and Monotheism and Bauman's Modernity and the …

Many writers have been calling for the incorporation of trauma-informed care (TIC) in
nursing education and practice, with some recently advocating the adoption of formal TIC …

Do the emotional responses of students and to traumatic conflict constitute insurmountable
obstacles in peace education efforts? How do hegemonic narratives shape the emotions of …