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Psychosocial interventions and the demoralisation of humanitarianism (2004)
Journal Article
Pupavac, V. (2004). Psychosocial interventions and the demoralisation of humanitarianism. Journal of Biosocial Science, 36(4), 491-504. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932004006613

Summary: This paper critically analyses from a political sociology standpoint the international conceptualization of war-affected populations as traumatized and in need of therapeutic interventions. It argues for the importance of looking beyond the... Read More about Psychosocial interventions and the demoralisation of humanitarianism.

War on the couch: the emotionology of the new international security paradigm (2004)
Journal Article
Pupavac, V. (2004). War on the couch: the emotionology of the new international security paradigm. European Journal of Social Theory, 7(2), 149-170. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368431004041749

The emotional state of war-affected populations has become a central concern for international policy-makers over the last decade. Growing interest in war trauma is influenced by contemporary Anglo-American emotionology, or emotional norms, which ten... Read More about War on the couch: the emotionology of the new international security paradigm.