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1 online resource (x, 240 pages) |
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Political scientists |
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Political science teachers |
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University and college faculty members |
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Connecticut residents |
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Women |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-230) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- More than cheap sentimentality: victim testimony at the Nuremberg Trials, the Eichmann trial, and the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- Confronting anger: where the South African TRC fell short -- The first skeptic: Hannah Arendt and the danger of victim testimony -- The second skeptic: Adam Smith and the visualization of sympathy -- Three values of anger -- Trust enough to tarry -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
What is the relationship between anger and justice, especially when so much of our moral education has taught us to value the impartial spectator, the cold distance of reason? In Sing the Rage, Sonali Chakravarti wrestles with this question through a careful look at the emotionally charged South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which from 1996 to 1998 saw, day after day, individuals taking the stand to speak-to cry, scream, and wail-about the atrocities of apartheid. Uncomfortable and surprising, these public emotional displays, she argues, proved to be of immense valu. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975.
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Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975. |
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Eichmann, Adolf, 1906-1962 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Eichmann, Adolf, 1906-1962. |
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South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission. |
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Nuremberg War Crime Trials (Nuremberg, Germany : 1946-1949) |
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Afrique du Sud. Truth and reconciliation commission. |
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Anger -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Anger -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Anger. |
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Anger -- Philosophy.
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Philosophy. |
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Justice (Philosophy)
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Justice (Philosophy) |
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Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949.
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1946-1949 |
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Electronic books.
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Trials, litigation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chakravarti, Sonali. Sing the rage. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014 9780226119984 (DLC) 2013027390 (OCoLC)854848095 |
| ISBN |
9780226120041 (electronic book) |
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022612004X (electronic book) |
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9781306577496 (electronic book) |
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1306577497 (electronic book) |
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9780226119984 |
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022611998X |
| Standard No. |
40023551581 |
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