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.
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.
Michael Humphrey is Associate Professor and Head of School at the School of Sociology at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. He has published widely on the themes of dispute resolution, ethnicity, Lebanese diaspora communities, Islamic movements, Middle East migration, globalisation, violence and national reconstruction. He is also the author of Islam, Multiculturalism & Transnationalism: From the Lebanese Diaspora.
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Chapter 1 Politics of atrocity Chapter 2 Horror, abjection and terror Chapter 3 The atrocity of torture Chapter 4 War, horrors, beliefs Chapter 5 Urbicide Chapter 6 Ethnic cleansing Chapter 7 Witnessing atrocity Chapter 8 Trauma, truth and reconciliation Chapter 9 Atrocity, trials and justice Chapter 10 Conclusion
