Irene Bruna Seu Libri

Exploring the interplay of trauma and human rights, the book delves into how emotional and cognitive responses shape individual passivity towards violations. Irene Bruna Seu employs psychosocial methods to illuminate the everyday language people use to rationalize inaction. By examining the psychodynamics of passivity and the defense mechanisms involved, she provides a nuanced understanding of how past experiences influence current attitudes and behaviors regarding human rights issues.

Drawing on an original UK-wide study of public responses to humanitarian issues and how NGOs communicate them, this timely book provides the first evidence-based psychosocial account of how and why people respond or not to messages about distant suffering. The book highlights what NGOs seek to achieve in their communications and explores how their approach and hopes match or don’t match what the public wants, thinks and feels about distant suffering