Book Review: Didier Fassin & Richard Rechtman. L’empire du traumatisme. Enquête sur la condition de victime. Paris,France: Flammarion,2007. 452 pp. Paper: 24,00 euros,ISBN: 2082104494. Didier Fassin & Richard Rechtman. The empire of trauma: An inquiry into the condition of victimhood. Translated by Rachel Gomme. Princeton,NJ: Princeton University Press,2009. 304 pp;Cloth: $65.00 (US),ISBN: 9780691137520;Paper: $24.95 (US),ISBN: 9780691137537. Régine Waintrater. Sortir du génocide. Témoigner pour réapprendre à vivre. Paris,France: Payot,2003. 267 pp. Paper: 20,00 euros,ISBN: 2228897825
Restricted accessReview articleFirst published online February, 2010
Book Review: Didier Fassin & Richard Rechtman. L’empire du traumatisme. Enquête sur la condition de victime. Paris,France: Flammarion,2007. 452 pp. Paper: 24,00 euros,ISBN: 2082104494. Didier Fassin & Richard Rechtman. The empire of trauma: An inquiry into the condition of victimhood. Translated by Rachel Gomme. Princeton,NJ: Princeton University Press,2009. 304 pp;Cloth: $65.00 (US),ISBN: 9780691137520;Paper: $24.95 (US),ISBN: 9780691137537. Régine Waintrater. Sortir du génocide. Témoigner pour réapprendre à vivre. Paris,France: Payot,2003. 267 pp. Paper: 20,00 euros,ISBN: 2228897825
Pedersen, D., Tremblay, J., Errázuriz, C., & Gamarra, J. ( 2008). The sequelae of political violence: Assessing trauma, suffering and dislocation in the Peruvian highlands. Social Science and Medicine, 67, 205-217.
2.
Lear, J. ( 2006). Radical hope: Ethics in the face of cultural devastation . Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
