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Uprooting and After...
. Ed(S): Zwingmann, Charles; Pfister-Amende, Maria
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Paperback. Editor(s): Zwingmann, Charles; Pfister-Amende, Maria. Num Pages: 362 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 568.
The unifying theme in this book is the suffering of millions of people, and the attempts of many others to ameliorate such sufferings. A host of world-renowned medical and social science specialists describe their experiences with people who have been beaten, battered, tortured, displaced and uprooted, but have somehow survived those ordeals. From these experiences arose new insights into the problems of uprooting, a new appreciation of the concept of "cultural relativism", and a new terrifying glimpse of the limits of "man's inhumanity to man". The relevance of this book lies in the fact that such ordeals are by no ... Read more
The unifying theme in this book is the suffering of millions of people, and the attempts of many others to ameliorate such sufferings. A host of world-renowned medical and social science specialists describe their experiences with people who have been beaten, battered, tortured, displaced and uprooted, but have somehow survived those ordeals. From these experiences arose new insights into the problems of uprooting, a new appreciation of the concept of "cultural relativism", and a new terrifying glimpse of the limits of "man's inhumanity to man". The relevance of this book lies in the fact that such ordeals are by no ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
Number of Pages
362
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642952159
SKU
V9783642952159
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