A social tragedy is a collective representation of injustice. Baker demonstrates how social tragedies facilitate moral action and discusses a series of contemporary case studies the death of Princess Diana, Zinédine Zidane's 2006 World Cup scandal, KONY 2012 to examine their social and political effects.

Illuminates the contours of late modernity by reviving and revitalizing the social ethics of Plato and Aristotle as a means of understanding our commitments and vulnerabilities enacted through the rituals in which we find ourselves Offers a new repertoire of ideas to understand the relationship between the tragic and social life Makes a compelling case for social tragedy's capacity to guide moral action and stimulate political change

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Stephanie Alice Baker is a Researcher in Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.

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Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Plato's Challenge 2. What is Social Tragedy? 3. Performing Social Tragedy: Exploring the "new British spirit" a Decade Beyond the Death of Princess Diana 4. Recalling Social Tragedy: Staging Zinédine Zidane's Transgression on France's Postcolonial Arena 5. Mediating Social Tragedy: The 2011 English Riots and the Emergence of the "mediated crowd" 6. Mediation as Moral Education: KONY 2012 - Can Social Tragedies Teach? 7. Conclusion: Social Tragedy's Democratic Vision References Notes Index