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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Evans, Brad (International relations)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York City : Columbia University Press, [2021]
Series:Insurrections.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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