Violence without Guilt Ethical Narratives from the Global South
This is an illuminating discussion of guilt, fear, violence and aesthetics from a global perspective. Herlinghaus evaluates new Latin American novels, films and music through the lens of some of Walter Benjamin's controversial writings on violence and rel
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Violence without Guilt Ethical Narratives from the Global South
Hermann Herlinghaus
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VIOLENCE WITHOUT GUILT
Copyright © Hermann Herlinghaus, 2009. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2009 978-0-230-60817-7 All rights reserved. Cover Image: Marta Moramay Cuevas, Memory in Blue © Marta Cuevas, 2002 First published in 2