Triumph and Trauma
Giesen, Bernhard / Eisenstadt, S N This book deals with triumphant and tragic heroes, with victims and perpetrators as archetypes of the Western imagination. A major recent change in Western societies is that memories of triumphant heroism--for example, the revolutionary uprising of the people--are increasingly replaced by the public remembrance of collective trauma of genocide, slavery, and expulsion. The first part of the book deals with the heroes and victims and explores th...