The violence of victimhood /

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Author / Creator:Enns, Diane.
Imprint:University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2012.
Description:xii, 231 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8847129
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ISBN:9780271052427 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271052422 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-226) and index.
Summary:"Analyzes current understandings of victimhood in discussions of child soldiers, identity politics, violent conflict, and global responses to atrocity"--
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Good Other
  • 2. When Victims Become Killers
  • 3. Indelible Wounds
  • 4. Arendt in Jerusalem
  • 5. To Kill or Be Killed
  • 6. Mercy for the Merciless
  • 7. Lay Down Your Arms
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index