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- Title
Prolegomena to a Paradigm: Narratives of Surrender.
- Authors
Wagner-Pacifici, Robin
- Abstract
This article seeks to develop a paradigm for understanding the sociological meaning of narratives of surrender. Surrenders are boundary events in time and in space. Coming at the end of conflicts, surrenders are transitional and transformative occasions during which the emotional and symbolic landscapes of power are traced and highlighted. They mark the site of trauma and, depending on the manner in which they are accomplished, can alternately emphasize the degradation of the vanquished or the magnanimity of the victor. Surrenders are analyzed as simultaneously historical events, symbolic events, and political events.
- Subjects
EMOTIONS; PHILOSOPHY; COMPREHENSION; LANDSCAPES; GENEROSITY; AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Publication
Qualitative Sociology, 2001, Vol 24, Issue 2, p269
- ISSN
0162-0436
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1010778310819