Victims and Memory After Terrorism

This book contributes to the study of collective memory and the sociology of terrorism by analysing the role of memorialization in relation to terrorism, its victims, and the broader society.

List of contents

1.Victims and memory after terrorism 2.Trauma as a trigger: facing the unthinkable 3.The victim tag: victimhood as a virtue and a burden 4.Dealing with the present: media and terror 5.Architecture of terror: museums, memorials and monuments 6.(Un)bound by memory: commemorating the victims 7.The placebo memory Notes on methodology Index

About the author

Ana Milosevic is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Institute for Criminology, KU Leuven, Belgium.

Product details

• Authors: Ana Milosevic, Ana Milošević
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032751597
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3275159-7
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Victims, Culture and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; memory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Trauma & shock, Psychotherapy, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Social Work, Warfare & defence, Terrorism, armed struggle, Neurosciences, Trauma and shock, Legal aspects of criminology, Warfare and defence, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Social Law, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Criminal law: terrorism law, Terrorism law, Criminology: legal aspects, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Memory Disorders, Social law and Medical law, Physiological psychology, neuropsychology, biopsychology