Rising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent MeansTwenty-three years in the making, Rising Up and Rising Down (the original, published by McSweeney's in October 2003, spans seven volumes) is a rich amalgam of historical analysis, contemporary case studies, anecdotes, essays, theory, charts, graphs, photographs and drawings. Convinced that there is "a finite number of excuses" for violence and that some excuses "are more valid than others," Vollmann spent two decades consulting hundreds of sources, scrutinizing the thinking of philosophers, theologians, tyrants, warlords, military strategists, activists and pacifists. He also visited more than a dozen countries and war zones to witness violence firsthand -- sometimes barely escaping with his life. Vollmann makes deft use of these tools and experiences to create his Moral Calculus, a structured decision-making system designed to help the reader decide when violence is justifiable and when it is not. |
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Crítica de los usuarios - LibraryCin - LibraryThingDallaire was a Canadian peacekeeper sent by the UN as commander of the peacekeeping effort in Rwanda a few months before the genocide in 1994. It was very interesting (and extremely frustrating at ... Leer comentario completo
Review: Rising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means
Crítica de los usuarios - Joseph Nicolello - GoodreadsThis is amongst my favorite Vollmann, hands down. I seriously can't wait to get my hands on, by some hook, crook, or lottery ticket, the unabridged McSweeney's (sic?) edition. This was the quickest I ... Leer comentario completo
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Rising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means William T. Vollmann Vista previa limitada - 2005 |