This book deals with an area of scholarship attracting interdisciplinary
interest: the field of trauma studies. It is a project that focuses both on the
psychodynamics of trauma and its political and historical contexts. It draws
from and reformulates psychoanalytical theory but refuses an easy
"therapeutic" approach to pain and suffering and an easy claim to collective
(especially national) suffering as in the wake of 9/11. Taking a long historical
view but focusing particularly on contemporary experiences of trauma, the
author seeks to expose the metropolitanism of contemporary trauma...

Globalization and "Minority" Cultures: The Role of "Minor" Cultural Groups in Shaping Our Global Future is a collective work which brings to the forefront of global studies new perspectives on the relationship between globalization and the experiences of cultural minorities worldwide. These perspectives are crucial to the process of questioning contemporary global values and practices, and contribute to current debates in a variety of fields (politics, education, culture, the economy, etc.) on the causes, consequences and future of globalization. The book develops new theories and...