Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Preface: Mourning in America xi
5. 1. The Politics of Mourning in America: From the Greensboro Massacre to the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission 1
6. 2. To Join in Hate: Antigone and the Agonistic Politics of Mourning 37
7. 3. The Imaginary City: Consensual Mourning from Pericles to John Rawls 66
8. 4. “There Is Trouble Here. There Is More to Come”: Greek Tragedy and the Work of Mourning 100
9. 5. A Splintering and Shattering Activity: Truth, Reconciliation, Mourning 130
10. Afterword: Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Work of Mourning 161
11. Notes 185
12. Index 221