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Autore |
Humphrey Michael <1950-> |
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Titolo |
The politics of atrocity and reconciliation [[electronic resource] ] : from terror to trauma / / Michael Humphrey |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-47961-1 |
1-280-28881-7 |
9786610288816 |
1-4356-2823-3 |
0-203-36164-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (192 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in social and political thought ; ; 34 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political violence |
Political persecution |
Atrocities |
Reconciliation |
Truth commissions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-168) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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