Thinking against humanity

Çubukçu, Ayça (2017) Thinking against humanity. London Review of International Law. ISSN 2050-6325

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Abstract

From its enlightened past, the modern world inherited the moral imperative to reduce human suffering anywhere in the world, with violence and cruelty when necessary.2 To understand how compassion and violence, benevolence and cruelty could be intimately intertwined, one may study practices of European colonizing missions which enfolded the native violently, with an idealist benevolence to better her lot in the eyes of God or of History, understood, of course, progressively.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://academic.oup.com/lril
Additional Information:	© 2017 The Author
Divisions:	LSE Human Rights
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Date Deposited:	03 Mar 2017 09:34
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2024 01:26
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/69640

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