Ecce humanitas : beholding the pain of humanity /

"The very idea of humanity seems to be in crisis. Born in the ashes of devastation after the slaughter of millions, the liberal conception of humanity imagined a suffering victim in need of salvation. Today, this figure appears less and less capable of galvanizing the political imagination. But...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Evans, Brad (International relations)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York City : Columbia University Press, [2021]
Colección:Insurrections.
Temas:
Victims > Social aspects.
Sacrifice > Social aspects.
Violence > Social aspects.
Civilization, Western.
Aesthetics.
Victimes > Aspect social.
Sacrifice > Aspect social.
Violence > Aspect social.
Civilisation occidentale.
PHILOSOPHY / Political
Aesthetics
Civilization, Western
Violence > Social aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Foreword: An Obituary for the Liberal
  • Preface: Encountering the Void
  • PART I: The Sacrifice
  • Chapter 1. Humanity Bound
  • Chapter 2. The Sacred Order of Politics
  • Chapter 3. The Shame of Being Human
  • PART II: The Fall of Liberal Humanism
  • Chapter 4. A Higher State of Killing
  • Chapter 5. The Death of the Victim
  • Chapter 6. A Sickness of Reason
  • PART III: Into the Void
  • Chapter 7. Annihilation
  • Chapter 8. The Transgressive Witness
  • Chapter 9. Wounds of Love
  • Notes
  • Index

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