Human shields a history of people in the line of fire

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"In this amazing book, Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini excavate the forms of human shielding, including as a pacifist tactic, in a diverse range of locales around the world and over a century and a half. With its insights into the politics of who counts as human, Human Shields is one of the most important interventions ever in the critical history of the laws of war."—Samuel Moyn, author of Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World

"Compellingly important and thoroughly absorbing, this very readable book will fast become the standard reference in our understanding of human shields."—Laleh Khalili, author of Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula

A chilling global history of the human shield phenomenon.

From Syrian civilians locked in iron cages to veterans joining peaceful indigenous water protectors at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, from Sri Lanka to Iraq and from Yemen to the United States, human beings have been used as shields for protection, coercion, or deterrence. Over the past decade, human shields have also appeared with increasing frequency in antinuclear struggles, civil and environmental protests, and even computer games. The phenomenon, however, is by no means a new one.

Describing the use of human shields in key historical and contemporary moments across the globe, Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini demonstrate how the increasing weaponization of human beings has made the position of civilians trapped in theaters of violence more precarious and their lives more expendable. They show how the law facilitates the use of lethal violence against vulnerable people while portraying it as humane, but they also reveal how people can and do use their own vulnerability to resist violence and denounce forms of dehumanization. Ultimately, Human Shields unsettles our common ethical assumptions about violence and the law and urges us to imagine entirely new forms of humane politics.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 25 augustus 2020

Aantal pagina's: 312

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Neve Gordon

Tweede Auteur: Nicola Perugini

Hoofduitgeverij: University Of California Press

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 152 mm

Product hoogte: 28 mm

Product lengte: 229 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 162 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 25 mm

Verpakking lengte: 236 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 598 g

EAN: 9780520301849

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