That the World May Know e-bog
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Listen to a short interview with James DawesHost: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & CraneAfter the worst thing in the world happens, then what? What is left to the survivors, the witnesses, those who tried to help? What can we do to prevent more atrocities from happening in the future, and to stop the ones that are happening right now? That the World May Know tells the powerful and moving st...
E-bog
359,43 DKK
Forlag
Harvard University Press
Udgivet
30 september 2007
Længde
304 sider
Genrer
1HFGR
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780674262942
Listen to a short interview with James DawesHost: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & CraneAfter the worst thing in the world happens, then what? What is left to the survivors, the witnesses, those who tried to help? What can we do to prevent more atrocities from happening in the future, and to stop the ones that are happening right now? That the World May Know tells the powerful and moving story of the successes and failures of the modern human rights movement. Drawing on firsthand accounts from fieldworkers around the world, the book gives a painfully clear picture of the human cost of confronting inhumanity in our day.There is no dearth of such stories to tell, and James Dawes begins with those that emerged from the Rwandan genocide. Who, he asks, has the right to speak for the survivors and the dead, and how far does that right go? How are these stories used, and what does this tell us about our collective moral future? His inquiry takes us to a range of crises met by a broad array of human rights and humanitarian organizations. Here we see from inside the terrible stresses of human rights work, along with its curious seductions, and the myriad paradoxes and quandaries it presents.With pathos, compassion, and a rare literary grace, this book interweaves personal stories, intellectual and political questions, art and aesthetics, and actual "e;news"e; to give us a compelling picture of humanity at its conflicted best, face-to-face with humanity at its worst.