Buch, Englisch, 370 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 393 g
Reihe: Oxford Amnesty Lectures
The Oxford Amnesty Lectures 2001
Buch, Englisch, 370 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 393 g
Reihe: Oxford Amnesty Lectures
ISBN: 978-0-19-280219-4
Verlag: OUP Oxford
community to military intervention in human rights abuses, the ethical and legal difficulties in bringing rights abusers to justice, the human tendency towards racist attitudes, the impact of postcolonialism, and the way in which human evil is represented in photography. A main theme throughout explores
the implications of constructing crude dichotomies of heroes and villains, whose motivations are often left unexplored. The aim is to do justice to the moral complexity of the situations into which those caught up in violent or destabilizing events are placed, while retaining a commitment to action as well as understanding in support of human rights.