The Politics of Atrocity and Reconciliation
Download or Read eBook The Politics of Atrocity and Reconciliation PDF written by Michael Humphrey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Michael Humphrey |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 193 |
| Release | : 2013-04-15 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781134479603 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1134479603 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Politics of Atrocity and Reconciliation by : Michael Humphrey
Book excerpt: The Politics of Atrocity and Reconciliation examines contemporary political violence and atrocity in the context of the crisis of the nation-state. It explores the way violence is used to unmake the social world and how its product: suffering, is used to try to remake the social world. Humphrey considers both the unmaking of the world through torture, war, urbicide and ethnic cleansing and the resultant remaking of the world through testimony and witnessing in the forums of truth commissions and trials. The discussion thus moves from terror to trauma.
