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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783835403321

Autore

Humphrey Michael <1950->

Titolo

The politics of atrocity and reconciliation [[electronic resource] ] : from terror to trauma / / Michael Humphrey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

1-134-47961-1

1-280-28881-7

9786610288816

1-4356-2823-3

0-203-36164-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in social and political thought ; ; 34

Disciplina

303.6/2

Soggetti

Political violence

Political persecution

Atrocities

Reconciliation

Truth commissions

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. [159]-168) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Politics of Atrocity; 2. Horror, Abjection and Terror; 3. The Atrocity of Torture; 4. War, Horros, Beliefs; 5. Urbicide; 6. Ethnic Cleansing; 7. Witnessing Atrocity; 8. Trauma, Truth and Reconciliation; 9. Atrocity, Trials and Justice; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Humphrey examines contemporary political violence and atrocity in the context of the crisis of the nation-state. This book provides a theoretical and comparative analysis of the legacies of violence for social reconstruction.