Wronged: The Weaponization of Victimhood

by Lilie Chouliaraki

Book Overview

Why is being a victim such a potent identity today? Who claims to be a victim, and why? How have such claims changed in the past century? Who benefits and who loses from the struggles over victimhood in public culture?

In this timely and incisive book, Lilie Chouliaraki shows how claiming victimhood is about claiming power: who deserves to be protected as a victim and who should be punished as a perpetrator. She argues that even though victimhood...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231193297
• ISBN13: 9780231193290
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"