Cruelty or Humanity
eBook - ePub

Cruelty or Humanity

Challenges, Opportunities and Responsibilities

  1. 232 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Cruelty or Humanity

Challenges, Opportunities and Responsibilities

About this book

Cruelty has long been a feature of states' domestic and foreign policies but is seldom acknowledged. Governments mouth respect for human rights yet promote discrimination, violence and suppression of critics.

Documenting case studies from around the world, distinguished academic and human rights activist Stuart Rees exposes politicians' cruel motives and the resulting outcomes. Using his first-hand observations and insights from international poets, he argues for courageous action to support non-violence in every aspect of public and private life for the survival of people, animals and the planet.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of poets and poems
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Foreword by Richard Falk
  9. Introduction: towards a theory
  10. 1. Perpetrators and victims
  11. 2. Values, attitudes, behaviour
  12. 3. Explaining causes
  13. 4. Cruelty as policy
  14. 5. Humanitarian alternatives
  15. 6. Cruel or compassionate world?
  16. 7. Humanity on a bonfire
  17. 8. Language for humanity
  18. References
  19. Select bibliography