Passivity generation : human rights and everyday morality / Irene Bruna Seu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seu, I. Bruna, author.

Series:

Studies in the psychosocial

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Social aspects.

Human rights.

Human rights advocacy.

Social psychology.

Passivity (Psychology).

Physical Description:

xiii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Contents:

Introduction

Between knowledge and action: multidisciplinary frames and the psychosocial

The web of passivity: everyday morality and the banality of a clear conscience

The public and NGOs: neutralisation and denial in response to human rights appeals

Us and them

Identities, biographies and invested narratives

A pleas for emotional complexity: conflicts and (psycho) dynamic equilibria

Conclusions

Appendix 1: Demographic details

Appendix 2: An appeal from an Amnesty International UK (AIUK) campaign for Afghanistan

Appendix 3: An appeal from an Amnesty International campaign against torture.

ISBN:

9781137305022

1137305029

OCLC:

863678370