Cruel Modernity

Informationen zum Autor Jean Franco Klappentext Analyzing the conditions under which dehumanizing cruelty came to be used by states and rogue groups in Latin America, Jean Franco argues that acts of extreme cruelty and the ways they are rationalized are defining features of modernity. Zusammenfassung Analyzing the conditions under which dehumanizing cruelty came to be used by states and rogue groups in Latin America! Jean Franco argues that acts of extreme cruelty and the ways they are rationalized are defining features of modernity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1. The "Insignificant Incident" and Its Aftermath 23 2. Alien to Modernity 45 3. Raping the Dead 77 4. Killers, Torturers, Sadists, and Collaborators 93 5. Revolutionary Justice 100 6. Cruel Survival 152 7. Tortured Souls 172 8. The Ghostly Arts 192 9. Apocalypse Now 214 Afterword. Hypocrite Modernity 247 Notes 253 Bibliography 279 Index 297

Product details

• Authors: Jean Franco, FRANCO JEAN
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.05.2013
• EAN: 9780822354420
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-5442-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous