The cultural sociology of political assassination: from MLK and RFK to Fortuyn and Van Gogh

The cultural sociology of political assassination: from MLK and RFK to Fortuyn and Van Gogh

Eyerman, Ron

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Developing the theory of cultural trauma in regard to the shattering potential effects of political assassinations, Eyerman examines political and social life in three different national contexts: Martin Luther King, Bobby Kennedy, and Harvey Milk in the U.S.; Theo Van Gogh in the Netherlands; and Olof Palme and Anna Lindh in Sweden RON EYERMAN Professor of Sociology at Yale University, USA. INDICE: Political Assassination, Trauma and Narration - Remembering the Sixties: The Assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy - TheEnd of Innocence: The Murders of Olof Palme and Anna Lindh - The End of Tolerance: The murders of Pim Fortuyn and Theo van Gogh

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-11823-2
  • Editorial: Palgrave MacM
  • Encuadernacion: Rústica
  • Páginas: 208
  • Fecha Publicación: 20/10/2011
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés