Del 18 - California Series in Public Anthropology

Counting the Dead

The Culture and Politics of Human Rights Activism in Colombia

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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At a time when a global consensus on human rights standards seems to be emerging, this rich study steps back to explore how the idea of human rights is actually employed by activists and human rights professionals. Winifred Tate, an anthropologist and activist with extensive experience in Colombia, finds that radically different ideas about human rights have shaped three groups of human rights professionals working there - nongovernmental activists, state representatives, and military officers. Drawing from the life stories of high-profile activists, pioneering interviews with military officials, and research at the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, "Counting the Dead" underscores the importance of analyzing and understanding human rights discourses, methodologies, and institutions within the context of broader cultural and political debates.

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Utgivningsdatum2007-10-09
Mått152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt499 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCalifornia Series in Public Anthropology
Antal sidor400
FörlagUniversity of California Press
ISBN9780520252837

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Acknowledgments Abbreviations Map of Colombia Introduction 1. Colombia: Mapping the Eternal Crisis 2. Solidarity with Our Class Brothers: The First Wave of Human Rights Activism in Colombia 3. The Production of Human Rights Knowledge and the Practice of Politics 4. The Emotional Politics of Activism in the 1990s 5. The Global Imaginaries of Colombian Activists at the United Nations and Beyond 6. State Activism and the Production of Impunity 7. Human Rights and the Colombian Military's War Stories Conclusion: The Politics of Human Rights Knowledge Notes Selected Bibliography Index

"Contributes significantly to our understanding of how activist institutional culture and identity evolves in a context where traditional labor and religious activists increasingly engage with and become more deeply enmeshed in the larger global activist community." -- Stephen Ropp Hispanic American Historical Review (Hahr) "A fascinating study of how and why the idea of human rights has gained such currency in Colombian society." -- William Aviles Latin American Perspectives: A Journal On Capitalism & Socialism