Facing the Torturer - Inside the Mind of a War Criminal

Informationen zum Autor Francois Bizot is an ethnologist who has spent the greater part of his career studying Buddhism. He is the Director of Studies at Ecole Pratique des Hautes-Etudes and holds the chair in Southeast Asian Buddhism at the Sorbonne. He lives in Paris. Klappentext But it does force us to question ourselves in a way that is deeply unsettling.'At once a personal essay! a historical and philosophical meditation! and an eye-witness account! Facing the Torturer will join a very short list of important books about man's personal responsibility in collective crimes. Zusammenfassung But it does force us to question ourselves in a way that is deeply unsettling.'At once a personal essay! a historical and philosophical meditation! and an eye-witness account! Facing the Torturer will join a very short list of important books about man's personal responsibility in collective crimes.

Product details

• Authors: Francois Bizot
• Publisher: Rider
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.05.2012
• EAN: 9781846042553
• ISBN: 978-1-84604-255-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 222 mm x 22 mm
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine