Truth and Repair (Hardcover)

Stacey Glemboski

ISBN 10: 1541600541 / ISBN 13: 9781541600546

Published by Basic Books, 2023

About this Item

Hardcover. From one of America's most influential psychiatrists, an essential manifesto for reimagining justice for survivors of sexual trauma. "An extraordinary book .Beautiful, profound, and important." --New York Times The #MeToo movement brought worldwide attention to sexual violence, but while the media focused on the fates of a few notorious predators who were put on trial, we heard far less about the outcomes of those trials for the survivors of their abuse. The conventional retributive process fails to serve most survivors; it was never designed for them. Renowned trauma expert Judith L. Herman argues that the first step toward a better form of justice is simply to ask survivors what would make things as right as possible for them. In Truth and Repair, she commits the radical act of listening to survivors. Recounting their stories, she offers an alternative vision of justice as healing for survivors and their communities. Deeply researched and compassionately told, Truth and Repair envisions a new path to justice for all. "From one of America's most influential psychiatrists, a powerful manifesto reimagining justice for sexual and domestic violence survivors"-- Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Truth and Repair (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1541600541
• ISBN 13: 9781541600546
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

From one of America’s most influential psychiatrists, an essential manifesto for reimagining justice for survivors of sexual trauma 

“An extraordinary book….Beautiful, profound, and important.” —New York Times 

The #MeToo movement brought worldwide attention to sexual violence, but while the media focused on the fates of a few notorious predators who were put on trial, we heard far less about the outcomes of those trials for the survivors of their abuse. 
  
The conventional retributive process fails to serve most survivors; it was never designed for them. Renowned trauma expert Judith L. Herman argues that the first step toward a better form of justice is simply to ask survivors what would make things as right as possible for them. In Truth and Repair, she commits the radical act of listening to survivors. Recounting their stories, she offers an alternative vision of justice as healing for survivors and their communities. 
  
Deeply researched and compassionately told, Truth and Repair envisions a new path to justice for all. 

About the Author

Judith L. Herman, MD, is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and is a distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.