| After Genocide: How Ordinary Jews Face the Holocaust Contributor(s): Lieberman, Sue (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367103060 ISBN-13: 9780367103064 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $178.13 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Anglican - Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis - History | Holocaust |
| Dewey: 283 |
| Physical Information: 272 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Topical - Holocaust |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 2015 was the seventieth anniversary of the end of World War Two, and, for Jews, the seventieth anniversary of the end of the worst Jewish catastrophe in diaspora history. After Genocide considers how, more than two generations since the war, the events of the Holocaust continue to haunt Jewish people and the worldwide Jewish population, even where there was no immediate family connection. Drawing from interviews with ordinary Jews from across the age spectrum, After Genocide focuses on the complex psychological legacy of the Holocaust. Is it, as many think, a collective trauma? How is a community detached in space and time traumatised by an event which neither they nor their immediate ancestors experienced?Ordinary Jews' own words bring to life a narrative which looks at how commonly-recognised attributes of trauma - loss, anger, fear, guilt, shame - are integral to Jewish reactions to the Holocaust. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lieberman, Sue: - Sue Lieberman grew up in London in an "ordinary Jewish" family. She studied history at Bristol University and social administration at York. Her first career in community work led her to work at the policy interface between voluntary organizations and government. In 1988 she began training in psychotherapy, and is qualified as a Group Analytic psychotherapist. She describes the practice of psychotherapy as an endlessly fascinating journey into the human unconscious, and psychodynamic theory as a uniquely rich source of insight and inspiration. She lives in Edinburgh. |