Genealogy of a category mistake: A critical intellectual history of the cultural trauma metaphor

Rethinking History

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-221

  Kansteiner, Wulf ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cultural criticism; Frankfurt School; Holocaust; Media violence; Postmodern philosophy; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547162493     PISSN: 13642529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13642520410001683905     Document Type: Review

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