Constructing the Enemy

Constructing the Enemy
Author :
Publisher : Temple University Press
Total Pages : 219
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781439903254
ISBN-13 : 1439903255
Rating : 4/5 (255 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Constructing the Enemy by : Rajini Srikanth

Download or read book Constructing the Enemy written by Rajini Srikanth and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2011-12-09 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her engaging book, Constructing the Enemy, Rajini Srikanth probes the concept of empathy, attempting to understand its different types and how it is—or isn't—generated and maintained in specific circumstances. Using literary texts to illuminate issues of power and discussions of law, Srikanth focuses on two case studies— the internment of Japanese citizens and Japanese Americans in World War II, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and the detainment of Muslim Americans and individuals from various nations in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay. Through primary documents and interviews that reveal why and how lawyers become involved in defending those who have been designated “enemies,” Srikanth explores the complex conditions under which engaged citizenship emerges. Constructing the Enemy probes the seductive promise of legal discourse and analyzes the emergence and manifestation of empathy in lawyers and other concerned citizens and the wider consequences of this empathy on the institutions that regulate our lives.


Constructing the Enemy Related Books

Constructing the Enemy
Language: en
Pages: 219
Authors: Rajini Srikanth
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-12-09 - Publisher: Temple University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In her engaging book, Constructing the Enemy, Rajini Srikanth probes the concept of empathy, attempting to understand its different types and how it is—or isn
Making Enemies
Language: en
Pages: 300
Authors: Mary Patricia Callahan
Categories: Burma
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Burmese army took political power in Burma in 1962 and has ruled the country ever since. The persistence of this government--even in the face of long-term n
The Making of the Cold War Enemy
Language: en
Pages: 294
Authors: Ron Theodore Robin
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-04-30 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

At the height of the Cold War, the U.S. government enlisted the aid of a select group of psychologists, sociologists, and political scientists to blueprint enem
Inventing the Enemy
Language: en
Pages: 276
Authors: Umberto Eco
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09-04 - Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This essay collection by the revered public intellectual displays his “profound erudition, lively wit, and passion for ideas of all shapes and sizes” (Bookl
Enemy Pie (Reading Rainbow Book, Children S Book about Kindness, Kids Books about Learning)
Language: en
Pages: 44
Authors: Derek Munson
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-09 - Publisher: Chronicle Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A Reading Rainbow book for your child Recommend by experts for children who are reading independently and transitioning to longer books. Teach kindness, courtes