Cruelty or Humanity

Challenges, Opportunities and Responsibilities
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4473-5697-4
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 520 g

Cruelty has long been a feature of states’ domestic and foreign policies but is seldom acknowledged. Governments mouth respect for human rights yet promote discrimination, violence and suppression of critics.

Documenting case studies from around the world, distinguished academic and human rights activist Stuart Rees exposes politicians’ cruel motives and the resulting outcomes. Using his first-hand observations and insights from international poets, he argues for courageous action to support non-violence in every aspect of public and private life for the survival of people, animals and the planet.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rees, Stuart

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Richard Falk

Introduction: Towards a Theory

Perpetrators and Victims

Values, Attitudes, Behaviour

Explaining Causes

Cruelty as Policy

Humanitarian Alternatives

Cruel or Compassionate World?

Humanity on a Bonfire

Language for Humanity

Über Autor(innen)

Rees, Stuart
Stuart Rees is Professor Emeritus at the University of Sydney and a human rights activist in several countries. He is regarded as one of Australia’s most consistent campaigners for justice.