Emotional reconciliation: Reconstituting identity and community after trauma

European Journal of Social Theory

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 385-403

  Hutchison, Emma ^a   Bleiker, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emotion(s); Empathy; Reconciliation; Social healing; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 48849098899     PISSN: 13684310     EISSN: 14617137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368431008092569     Document Type: Review

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