States of denial: knowing about atrocities and suffering

Abstract

Preface. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1: The Elementary Forms Of Denial. Chapter 2: Knowing and Not-Knowing: The Psychology of Denial. Chapter 3: Denial at Work: Mechanisms and Rhetorical Devices. Chapter 4: Accounting for Atrocities: Perpetrators and Officials. Chapter 5: Blocking Out the Past: Personal Memories, Public Histories. Chapter 6: Bystander States. Chapter 7: Images of Suffering. Chapter 8: Appeals: Outrage Into Action. Chapter 9: Digging Up Graves, Opening Wounds: Acknowledging the Past. Chapter 10: Acknowledgement Now. Chapter 11: Loose Ends. Notes. Index