Monographie

Victims : perceptions of harm in modern European war and violence / Svenja Goltermann ; translated by Belinda Cooper

Type de contenu
  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Type de support
  • Volume
Titre(s)
  • Victims : perceptions of harm in modern European war and violence / Svenja Goltermann ; translated by Belinda Cooper
Est une traduction de
  • Opfer die Wahrnehmung von Krieg und Gewalt in der Moderne
Auteur(s)
Autre(s) auteur(s)
Publication
  • Oxford New York (N.Y.) : Oxford University press, 2023
Description matérielle
  • 1 vol. (VIII-204 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection
  • The History and theory of international law
ISBN
  • 0-19-289772-1
  • 978-0-19-289772-5
EAN
  • 9780192897725 rel.
Appartient à la collection
  • The history and theory of international law
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 362.880 94
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Bibliogr. p. [167]-200. Notes bibliogr. Index
Résumé ou extrait
  • Classifying people as 'victims' is a historical phenomenon with remarkable growth since the second half of the 20th century. The term victim is widely used to refer both to those who have died in wars and to people who have experienced some form of physical or psychological violence. Moreover, victimhood has become a shorthand for any injustice suffered. This can be seen in many contexts: in debates on social justice, when claims for compensation are made, human rights are defended, past crimes are publicly commemorated, or humanitarian intervention is called for. By adopting a history of knowledge approach, Victims takes a fresh look at the phenomenon of classifying people as victims. It goes beyond existing narratives to provide a new and comprehensive explanation of the complex genealogy of modern concepts of victimhood. In order to reveal the fundamental shifts in perceptions and interpretations of harm, this book reconstructs the emergence of the figure of the victim from the late 18th century to the present. Focusing on Western Europe, it shows that neither the World Wars nor the Holocaust were the only reasons for this shift. Instead, changing power relations and new knowledge, especially in medicine and law, fundamentally altered perceptions and interpretations of death and suffering, of legitimate and illegitimate violence. Today, the debate takes another turn with the widespread criticism of victim attribution and the increasing delegitimisation of the term. Svenja Goltermann tells this story with brilliant clarity - without subscribing to the new denigration of the victim.
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