Evil as a crime against humanity: confronting mass atrocities in a plural world
Auteur :
Royer, Christof
Éditeur :
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN :
9783030538194
Date de publication :
30 août 2021
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
This book seeks to reimagine why and how to confront mass atrocities in world politics. Drawing on Hannah Arendt’s conception of evil, it interprets and understands mass atrocities as ‘evil’ in an ‘Arendtian’ sense, that is, as crimes against human plurality and, thus, crimes against humanity itself.