The childhood of human rights

The Kodak on the Congo Sharon Sliwinski Abstract This article examines the Congo reform movement’s use of atrocity photographs in their human rights campaign (c. 1904–13) against Belgian King Leopold, colonial ruler of the Congo Free State. This material analysis shows that human rights are conceived by spectators who, with the aid of the photographic apparatus, are compelled to judge that crimes against humanity are occurring to others. The article also tracks how this judgement has been haunted by the potent wish to undo the suffering witnessed. Keywords atrocity Congo crimes against humanity phantasmagoria photography ● ● ● ● human rights ● The history of the Victorian Age will never be written: we know too much about it. (Lytton Strachey, 1986[1918]: 9) Forgotten Origins Hannah Arendt (1994[1965]) was mistaken to think that crimes against humanity were crimes that only appeared when the Nazi regime attempted to exterminate the Jewish people in the middle of the 20th century (p. 268). The mistake does not, however, undo her insight about the importance of the concept. As she rightly argued, such crimes are an ‘attack upon human diversity as such, that is, upon a characteristic of the “human status” without which the very words “mankind” or “humanity” would be devoid of meaning’ (pp. 268–9). This concept makes visible, in other words, the fact journal of visual culture [http://vcu.sagepub.com] Copyright © 2006 SAGE Publications (London,…

Manuscript updated in January 2008 Cover illustration and interior photos of the children: Reporters The European Commission wishes to thank the staff and pupils of the European School, Woluwe (Belgium), for their contributions to this publication. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2008 ISBN 978-92-79-06757-0 44 pp. 21 x 29.7 cm © European Communities, 2008 Reproduction is authorised Printed in Germany Printed on white chlorine-free paper Let’s…

Journalism: A Very Short Introduction Very Short Introductions are for anyone wanting a stimulating and accessible way in to a new subject. They are written by experts, and have been published in more than 25 languages worldwide. The series began in 1995, and now represents a wide variety of topics in history, philosophy, religion, science, and the humanities. Over the next few years it will grow to a library of around 200 volumes – a Very Short Introduction to everything from…

Make Anyone Fall in Love with You Leil Lowndes CONTEMPORARY BOOKS A TRIBUNE COMPANY Page iv Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lowndes, Leil. How to make anyone fall in love with you / Leil Lowndes. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8092-3211-1 1. Love. 2. Man-woman relationships. 3. Intimacy (Psychology) 4. Sexual excitement. I. Title. HQ801.L69 1996 306.7—dc20 96-14502 CIP Jacket design by Scott Rattray Interior…

Page iii How to Make Anyone Fall in Love with You Leil Lowndes CONTEMPORARY BOOKS A TRIBUNE COMPANY Page iv Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lowndes, Leil. How to make anyone fall in love with you / Leil Lowndes. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8092-3211-1 1. Love. 2. Man-woman relationships. 3. Intimacy (Psychology) 4. Sexual excitement. I. Title. HQ801.L69 1996 306.7—dc20 96-14502 CIP Jacket design by Scott Rattray…

idiomáticas, destacam-se aqui, especialmente: Verbos frasais (two-word verbs ou phrasal verbs), isto é, verbos seguidos de uma partícula adverbial que altera ou modifica o sentido destes: back up, break down, catch on, come across, fall through, get over, give off, make out, pick up, run down, set off, take in, turn out. Há uma sele9áo bastante extensa desses verbos e registro de sua polissemia: come through e get along, por exemplo, mostram 5 acep9Óes; take in registra 9, set up tem 13…

The Interpretation of Dreams Sigmund Freud (1900) PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION Wheras there was a space of nine years between the first and second editions of this book, the need of a third edition was apparent when little more than a year had elapsed. I ought to be gratified by this change; but if I was unwilling previously to attribute the neglect of my work to its small value, I cannot take the interest which is now making its appearance as proof of its quality. The advance of…

KONRAD ZELLEN VINTAGE BOOKS A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE NEW YORK VINTAGE BOOKS EDITION. FEBRUARY »973 Copyright 1965 by Alfred A. Knopf. Inc. AÜ rights reserved under Intematiimul and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited. Toronto. Originally published in French as Propagandes bv Librairie Annand Colin. Copyright © 196a by Max Leclcre et Cie, proprietors of…

uma análise das concepções de história econômica esposadas por Finley, dos mecanismos de validação de tais concepções e da trajetória desse historiador, esta tese procura iluminar algumas das condições sociais e epistemológicas que tornaram possível a reconfiguração das percepções acadêmicas modernas sobre a vida econômica antiga e estabelecer o papel por ele desempenhado nesse processo. Palavras-chave: Finley, Historiografia, Economia Antiga, Estudos Clássicos, Intelectuais. Abstract:…

direitos desta edição reservados à EDITORA SCHWARCZ LTDA. Rua Bandeira Paulista 702 cj. 32 04532-002 - São Paulo - sp Telefone (11) 3707-3500 Fax (11) 3707-3501 www.companhiadasletras.com.br Para meu pai, o homem mais gentil, inteligente e honrado que conheço Em Santa Bárbara, 1933 A vida é como andar de bicicleta. Para manter o equilíbrio, é preciso se manter em movimento. Albert Einstein, em carta a seu filho Eduard, em 5 de fevereiro de 19301 Sumário…