Counter Memory, Hope and Aspirations

A Case Study of 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attack
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-52054-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 148 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

This book explores the voices of terror-attack survivors, focusing on their experiences of hope and hopelessness, memory and counter-memory, and aspirations and counter-aspirations. It establishes linkages between the three to understand how they can be structured into a framework to aid terror survivors.

Focusing on the survivors of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks of 2008, the book explores how hope, memory, and aspiration influence healing and resilience. It explores the role that hope, memory and aspirations play in recovery. It looks at the agency of the survivors, public memory, and disillusionment, and through narratives of the survivors, presents the struggles they go through in the aftermath of the trauma. The book proposes a new lens for understanding the long-term effects of terror events and the lived realities of those who survive them.
It will be of interest to researchers and academics of disaster management, conflict and conflict resolution, political science and international studies, as well as terror survivor communities. It will also be useful to policy makers and bureaucrats, those working with the rehabilitation for terror survivors.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alex, Allan Mathew

Joseph, Jacquleen

Jaswal, Surinder K. P.

Arvind, Lavanya Shanbhogue

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Folgen von Katastrophen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Psychopathologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. Foreword. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. 1. The Invisible Survivors of Terror 2. Memory, Hope and Aspiration 3. In Memorian: Remembering and Hope in Space 4. Hopelessness, Counter Memory and Counter Aspiration 5. Conclusion: Learning from the Everyday Lived and Felt Experiences of Survivors. Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Jacquleen Joseph is the Professor of Disaster Studies, Centre for Disaster Management, Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India. She also serves as its current Dean. Her research, field action and teaching at the school is around psychosocial care and support in disaster and humanitarian contexts and her research interests also include disaster risk, vulnerability, and recovery in relation to psychosoical wellbeing. ORCID: 0000-0001-9771-0604
Surinder K. P. Jaswal is the former Deputy Director (Pro Vice-Chancellor) and Professor of Social Work, Centre of Health and Mental Health, School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India. She was also the Associate Editor of the Indian Journal of Social Work (IJSW). She is a social work educator and public health researcher focusing on inequality and human development issues in health and mental health. ORCID 0000-0003-0161-5202
Allan Mathew Alex is a research officer associated with the Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India. He has engaged in a variety of projects focusing on disaster and trauma recovery, disaster justice and disaster risk in urban development. ORCID 0009-0005-2050-1528
Lavanya Shanbhogue Arvind teaches at the Centre for Disasters and Development, Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies, TISS, India. Her research spans gender and water rights, and disaster studies, with a focus on feminist, intersectional, and socially responsive approaches. Her debut novel The Heavens We Chase was published in 2016, and her writings have appeared in HuffPost, Hindu Business Line, Madras Courier, and Bloomberg Quint.