The Violence Of The Letter
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The Violence Of The Letter
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Author : Melanie McMahon
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2023-09-27
The Violence Of The Letter written by Melanie McMahon and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-27 with Philosophy categories.
The emergence of the alphabet in ancient Greece, usually heralded as the first step in the inexorable march toward reason and progress, in fact signaled the introduction of a chance technology that hijacked the future, with devastating consequences for humanity. By investigating an array of cultural artifacts, ranging from Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey to the Oracle at Delphi to Luther's challenge to the Church, this book demonstrates how the apparently benign emergence of writing made possible far-ranging systems of organized domination and unprecedented levels of violence. The Violence of the Letter considers how a twenty-six-letter code changed the face of the world, and not always for the better.
Letter Of Violence
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Author : I. Avelar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Letter Of Violence written by I. Avelar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with categories.
The Letter Of Violence
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Author : I. Avelar
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-03-15
The Letter Of Violence written by I. Avelar and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-15 with Social Science categories.
This book traces the theory of violence from nineteenth-century symmetrical warfare through today's warfare of electronics and unbalanced numbers. Surveying such luminaries as Walter Benjamin, Frantz Fanon, Hannah Arendt, Paul Virilio, and Jacques Derrida, Avelar also offers a discussion of theories of torture and confession, the work of Roman Polanski and Borges, and a meditation on the rise of the novel in Colombia.
The Torture Letters
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Author : Laurence Ralph
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2020-01-15
The Torture Letters written by Laurence Ralph and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-15 with Social Science categories.
Torture is an open secret in Chicago. Nobody in power wants to acknowledge this grim reality, but everyone knows it happens—and that the torturers are the police. Three to five new claims are submitted to the Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission of Illinois each week. Four hundred cases are currently pending investigation. Between 1972 and 1991, at least 125 black suspects were tortured by Chicago police officers working under former Police Commander Jon Burge. As the more recent revelations from the Homan Square “black site” show, that brutal period is far from a historical anomaly. For more than fifty years, police officers who took an oath to protect and serve have instead beaten, electrocuted, suffocated, and raped hundreds—perhaps thousands—of Chicago residents. In The Torture Letters, Laurence Ralph chronicles the history of torture in Chicago, the burgeoning activist movement against police violence, and the American public’s complicity in perpetuating torture at home and abroad. Engaging with a long tradition of epistolary meditations on racism in the United States, from James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time to Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me, Ralph offers in this book a collection of open letters written to protesters, victims, students, and others. Through these moving, questing, enraged letters, Ralph bears witness to police violence that began in Burge’s Area Two and follows the city’s networks of torture to the global War on Terror. From Vietnam to Geneva to Guantanamo Bay—Ralph’s story extends as far as the legacy of American imperialism. Combining insights from fourteen years of research on torture with testimonies of victims of police violence, retired officers, lawyers, and protesters, this is a powerful indictment of police violence and a fierce challenge to all Americans to demand an end to the systems that support it. With compassion and careful skill, Ralph uncovers the tangled connections among law enforcement, the political machine, and the courts in Chicago, amplifying the voices of torture victims who are still with us—and lending a voice to those long deceased.
Reauthorization Of The Violence Against Women Act
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Reauthorization Of The Violence Against Women Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Abused women categories.
Echoes Of Violence
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Author : Carolin Emcke
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2018-06-05
Echoes Of Violence written by Carolin Emcke and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-05 with History categories.
"Nobody I ever met on my assignments . . . asked me for direct, practical help. . . . But over and over again people have asked me: 'Will you write this down?' "--Echoes of Violence ? Echoes of Violence is an award-winning collection of personal letters to friends from a foreign correspondent who is trying to understand what she witnessed during the iconic human disasters of our time--in Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and New York City on September 11th, among many other places. Originally addressing only a small group of friends, Carolin Emcke started the first letter after returning from Kosovo, where she saw the aftermath of ethnic cleansing in 1999. She began writing to overcome her speechlessness about the horrors of war and her own sense of failure as a reporter. Eventually, writing a letter became a ritual Emcke performed following her return from each nightmare she experienced. First published in 2004 to great acclaim, Echoes of Violence in 2005 was named German political book of the year and was a finalist for the international Lettre-Ulysses award for the art of reportage. Combining narrative with philosophic reflection, Emcke describes wars and human rights abuses around the world--the suffering of civilians caught between warring factions in Colombia, the heartbreaking plight of homeless orphans in Romania, and the near-slavery of garment workers in Nicaragua. Freed in the letters from journalistic conventions that would obscure her presence as a witness, Emcke probes the abyss of violence and explores the scars it leaves on landscapes external and internal.
Adolescent Violence In The Home
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Author : Gregory Routt
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-08-07
Adolescent Violence In The Home written by Gregory Routt and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-07 with Psychology categories.
Adolescent Violence in the Home examines a form of violence that has a profound impact on families but is often overlooked and frequently misunderstood: teen aggression and violence toward members of their family—especially parents. Violence in adolescents is often seen as the result of a mental-health diagnosis, delinquency, or as a response to dysfunctional parenting, and though understanding a youth’s mental-health status or a parenting style can be helpful, complete focus on either is misplaced. Adolescent Violence in the Home uses a restorative framework, developed by the authors and in use in court systems and organizations around the world, to situate violent behaviors in the context of power and the intergenerational cycle of violence. Readers will come away from this book with a profound understanding of the social and individual factors that lead youth to use violence and how adolescent violence affects parents, and they’ll also learn about a variety of interventions that specifically address teen violence against parents.
Open Letter
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Author : Sheri-D Wilson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Open Letter written by Sheri-D Wilson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with categories.
Letter From A Birmingham Jail
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Author : Dr Martin Luther King
language : en
Publisher: HarperOne
Release Date : 2025-01-14
Letter From A Birmingham Jail written by Dr Martin Luther King and has been published by HarperOne this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-01-14 with History categories.
Ethno Religious Violence In Indonesia
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Author : Chris Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008-03-31
Ethno Religious Violence In Indonesia written by Chris Wilson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-31 with History categories.
From 1999 until 2000, the conflict in North Maluku, Indonesia, saw the most intense communal violence of Indonesia’s period of democratization. This book examines this brutal conflict, illustrating in detail how and why previously peaceful religious communities can descend into violent conflict.