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 …

Human history, even recent history, is marked by numerous mass atrocities and gross
violations of what have come to be identified as basic human rights. Many of them fail to …

Nationalism theorists have noted the link between traumatic events and national identity,
and cultural trauma theory presents a framework for understanding how these events …

In this article, Eric Taylor Woods asks Ron Eyerman about the motivations, methods, and
ideas that informed the writing of his recent book, The Making of White American Identity …

This article examines the public speeches presented by George W. Bush and Jens
Stoltenberg in the aftermath of, respectively, the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 and …

“If there was one thing writers agreed about in response to 9/11,” notes Richard Gray in the
opening page of his book After the Fall (2011),“it was the failure of language; the terrorist …

Understanding the Transgenerational Legacy of Totalitarian Regimes examines the ways in
which the cultural memory of surviving totalitarianism can continue to shape individual and …

In his fairy tale, The Emperor's New Clothes, Hans Christian Andersen tells the story of the
vain and stupid emperor who is fooled by swindlers. Two fake weavers persuade him to …

Comparing Grief in French, British and Canadian Great War Fiction (1977-2014) offers a
comparative analysis of twenty-three First World War novels. Engaging with such themes as …

Cultural trauma theory illuminates the meaning-making process that collectivities undergo in
the wake of tragedy. I advance this theory by attending to the role of interpretive fields, and …