What Does It Mean to Be Human in the Aftermath of Mass Trauma and Violence?: Toward the Horizon of an Ethics of Care

What does it mean to be human in the aftermath of mass trauma and violence? When victims and perpetrators of gross human rights violations live in the same country, and sometimes as neighbors, what strategies can help individuals and communities deal with trauma in a way that restores dignity to vic...

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Main Author: Gobodo-Madikizela, Pumla (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Philosophy Documentation Center [2016]
In: Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
Year: 2016, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 43-61
RelBib Classification:NBE Anthropology
NCB Personal ethics
NCD Political ethics
TK Recent history
ZD Psychology
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