1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456381503321

Autore

Hagan John <1946->

Titolo

Justice in the Balkans [[electronic resource] ] : prosecuting war crimes in the Hague Tribunal / / John Hagan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2003

ISBN

1-282-53844-6

9786612538445

0-226-31230-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 p.)

Collana

Chicago series in law and society

Disciplina

341.6/9

Soggetti

War crime trials - Netherlands - Hague

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 - Atrocities

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-266) and index.

Nota di contenuto

From Nuremberg -- Experts on atrocity -- The virtual Tribunal -- The real-time Tribunal -- The Srebrenica ghost team -- The Foca rape case -- Courting contempt.

Sommario/riassunto

Called a fig leaf for inaction by many at its inception, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia has surprised its critics by growing from an unfunded U.N. Security Council resolution to an institution with more than 1,000 employees and a



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450208303321

Autore

Witkin Robert W (Robert Winston)

Titolo

Adorno on popular culture / / Robert W. Witkin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-49403-3

0-203-28098-9

1-280-06917-1

0-203-16606-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

International library of sociology

Disciplina

306/.092

Soggetti

Popular culture

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-190) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Cultural nemesis; The theory of pseudo-culture; The Dialectic of Enlightenment and The Ring of the Nibelungen; The decay of 'aura' and the schema of mass culture; Star power; Situating music socially; On popular music; Adorno's radio days; Film and television; Woody Allen's culture industry; Walking a critical line home; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Robert W. Witkin unpacks Adorno's notoriously difficult critique of popular culture in an engaging and accessible style, looking first at the development of the overarching theories of authority, commodification and negative dialectics. He then goes on to consider Adorno's writing on specific aspects of popular culture such as radio, film and popular music.