Genocide, War, and Human Survival - Softcover

Strozier, Charles B.; Flynn Kansas State University, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0847682277 ISBN 13: 9780847682270

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1996

Synopsis

From the tragic workings of the Holocaust and Hiroshima to contemporary examples of genocide in Bosnia and Rwanda, this provocative collection of original essays examines the enduring impact of cataclysmic events on the modern human psyche. Inspired by the career of Robert Jay Lifton, the distinguished contributors use a wide range of disciplinary and methodological approaches to probe society, culture, and politics in the nuclear age and they explore the therapeutic value of artistic expression to witnesses and survivors of mass violence. The essays convey a message of hope by displaying the remarkable diversity of human responses to extreme adversity and by concluding that intellectuals and professionals have an abiding obligation to act responsibly in a world of violence and to provide healing images of transformation.

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About the Author

Charles B. Strozier is Professor of History at John Jay College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, where he is also co-director of the Center on Violence and Human Survival.Michael Flynn is lecturer of psychology at York College, the City University of New York, and associate director of the Center on Violence and Human Survival.

Review

A major contribution to our understanding of the catastrophic events that have traumatized this most violent of centuries, from Hiroshima and the Holocaust to the ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and mass killing in Rwanda. (Stanley Kunitz)

Indispensable reading for those who feel there are no dragons left that need slaying. (Bogdan Denitch, Director, Institute on Transition to Democracy, and Resident Professor of Sociology, City University of New York Graduate School)

Each of these essays addresses problems of great moral and political significance... this collection will be most helpful to politicians, diplomats, military theorists, and journalists who must struggle toward new understandings of the dynamics of mass violence and war. (Rolf Ekeus, Executive Chairman, United Nations Special Commission DIS .40)

While most of the essays are brief recapitulations of articles and books that have previously appeared, this might be the strength of the volume, making it perfect for classroom adoption. Many of its essays will undoubtedly provoke heated discussion. (CHOICE)

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0847682277
• ISBN 13: 9780847682270
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360