Human Rights In Camera by Sharon Sliwinski (English) Paperback Book

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Examines the visual images that have accompanied human rights struggles and the responses people have had to them. This title considers a series of historical events, including the 1755 Lisbon earthquake and the Holocaust, to illustrate that universal human rights have come to be imagined through aesthetic experience.

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From the fundamental rights proclaimed in the American and French declarations of independence to the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Hannah Arendt's furious critiques, the definition of what it means to be human has been hotly debated. But the history of human rights—and their abuses—is also a richly illustrated one. Following this picture trail, Human Rights In Camera takes an innovative approach by examining the visual images that have accompanied human rights struggles and the passionate responses people have had to them.Sharon Sliwinski considers a series of historical events, including the 1755 Lisbon earthquake and the Holocaust, to illustrate that universal human rights have come to be imagined through aesthetic experience. The circulation of images of distant events, she argues, forms a virtual community between spectators and generates a sense of shared humanity. Joining a growing body of scholarship about the cultural forces at work in the construction of human rights, Human Rights In Camera is a novel take on this potent political ideal.

Author Biography

Sharon Sliwinski is assistant professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies and the Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism at the University of Western Ontario.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS List of Illustrations Foreword by Lynn Hunt Introduction ONE The Spectator of Human Rights Textual versus pictorial evidence. Following the picture trail opens a view of the spectator of human rights whose task is to judge. Hannah Arendt's return to Kant on the distinction between moral and aesthetic judgments. Adolph Eichmann exposes the frailty of judgment. Critiques of the spectator. Lyotard's emphasis on dissensus in the sensus communis . The scene of human rights as a scene of aesthetic conflict. TWO Humanity from the Ruins: 1755 November 1, 1755: a beautiful and clear day . . . The Lisbon earthquake as the first international mass media event. "Truthful" versus "fantastical" representations. The sublime quaking of a worldview and the emergence of a notion of a common humanity. The quake frames later responses to atrocity. The Disasters of War . Goya's judgment: "They do not want to." Print pedagogy for the spectator of human rights. THREE The Kodak on the Congo: 1904 The first use of "crimes against humanity." King Leopold's atrocities in the Congo Free State. Early humanitarian responses. The intervention of the photograph. The phantasmagoric appeals of the Congo Reform Association. Dreaming of human rights. The first international human rights movement ends with a whimper. FOUR Rolleiflex Witness: 1945 Before there was the idea of the Holocaust, there were the pictures. Photographic evidence becomes the standard for claims of atrocity. Lee Miller's reports for Vogue . The Dachau Death Train: images bear the mark of this horror. Testimony visualis , or, communication without understanding. Dignity and the "abstract nakedness" of being nothing but human. The "philosophically absurd" claims of the Universal Declaration. The time of our singing: political hymns of belonging. FIVE Genocide, Again: 1992 Genocide as "an exercise in community building." Lemkin's linguistic invention and the legislation of international law. Yet neither visibility nor legibility could prevent the reoccurrence of this phenomenon. Yugoslavia: the first televised genocide. The barometer rises in Rwanda. A catalogue of breakdowns. Toward an ethics of failure. Coda Acknowledgment Notes Index

Details ISBN0226762769 Author Sharon Sliwinski Short Title HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMERA Pages 192 Language English ISBN-10 0226762769 ISBN-13 9780226762760 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2011 Imprint University of Chicago Press Place of Publication Chicago, IL Country of Publication United States Illustrations 29 halftones Birth 1975 UK Release Date 2011-10-15 Publication Date 2011-10-15 AU Release Date 2011-10-15 NZ Release Date 2011-10-15 US Release Date 2011-10-15 Publisher The University of Chicago Press DEWEY 700.458 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this

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