States of denial : knowing about atrocities and suffering - Cohen, Stanley (Cambridge, UK : Polity ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, 2001)
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. The elementary forms of denial -- 2. Knowing and not-knowing: the psychology of denial -- 3. Denial at wo rk: mechanisms and rhetorical devices -- 4. Accounting for atrocities: perpetrators and officials -- 5. Blocking out the past: personal memori es, public histories -- 6. Bystander states -- 7. Images of suffering - - 8. Appeals: outrage into action -- 9. Digging up graves, opening up w ounds: acknowledging the past -- 10. Acknowledgement now -- 11. Towards cultures of denial?
Includes bibliographical references (p. [302]-330) and index.
Keywords: Defense mechanisms (Psychology); Denial (Psychology); Suffering -- social aspects; Atrocities; Human rights; Violence