Political assassinations are always shocking and traumatic; sometimes however they lead to a cultural trauma, that is, a broad public debate about the foundations of collective identity. The theory of cultural trauma is applied in this book to six political assassinations, Martin Luther King, Jr. an[...]

In this collaboratively authored work, five distinguished sociologists develop an ambitious theoretical model of "cultural trauma"--and on this basis build a new understanding of how social groups interact with emotion to create new and binding understandings of social responsibility. Looking at the[...]

Building on their studies of sixties culture and theory of cognitive praxis, Ron Eyerman and Andrew Jamison examine the mobilization of cultural traditions and formulation of new collective identities through the music of activism. They combine a sophisticated theoretical argument with historical-em[...]

Sociala rörelser har varit betydelsefulla drivkrafter i den snabba samhällsomvandling som präglat den moderna historien. Likaså har forskningen om sociala rörelser utgjort ett vitalt forskningsområde för sociologer, statsvetare och andra samhällsvetare.
Sociala rörelser i en ny tid pres[...]