The Politics of Atrocity and Reconciliation: From Terror to Trauma (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought)

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Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Leaves: 192
Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book has an innovative approach, providing a theoretical and comparative analysis of the legacies of violence for social reconstruction. It includes a number of case studies focusing on Bosnia, Rwanda, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Chile, Vietnam and Cambodia among others.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 14
1. Politics of Atrocity......Page 15
2. Horror, Abjection and Terror......Page 25
3. The Atrocity of Torture......Page 39
4. War, Horros, Beliefs......Page 57
5. Urbicide......Page 68
6. Ethnic Cleansing......Page 83
7. Witnessing Atrocity......Page 100
8. Trauma, Truth and Reconciliation......Page 112
9. Atrocity, Trials and Justice......Page 131
Conclusion......Page 146
Notes......Page 150
Bibliography......Page 165
Index......Page 174

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