States of Denial
Subtitle: Knowing about Atrocities and Suffering
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: February 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780745623924
Subjects: Behavioural theory (Behaviourism); Illness & addiction: social aspects; Political oppression & persecution; Violence in society; Social aspects; Denial (Psychology); Current Affairs; Sociology; Suffering; Criminology; Government - Comparative; ATROCITIES; CRUELTY; Psychology & Psychiatry / Personality; Defense mechanisms (Psychology); International; Sociology - General
First sentence: One common thread runs through the many different stories of denial: people, organizations, governments or whole societies are presented with information that is too disturbing, threatening or anomalous to be fully absorbed or openly acknowledged.