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ELAINE PEARSON Chasing Wrongs and Rights. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck

ELAINE PEARSON Chasing Wrongs and Rights. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck

by NRB | 22 Sep 2022 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

Elaine Pearson gives an insider’s account of fighting for human rights around the world. The concept of ‘human rights’ is relatively new, becoming embodied in international law in response to atrocities perpetuated during World War II. The preamble to the...
NADEZHDA TOLOKONNIKOVA and SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK Comradely Greetings: The Prison Letters of Nadya and Slavoj. Reviewed by Joshua Barnes

NADEZHDA TOLOKONNIKOVA and SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK Comradely Greetings: The Prison Letters of Nadya and Slavoj. Reviewed by Joshua Barnes

by NRB | 26 Feb 2015 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

The lived experience of punitive cruelty colours these vibrant theoretical exchanges between Pussy Riot’s Nadya and Slavoj Žižek. ‘Virgin Mary, mother of God, banish Putin!’ So went Pussy Riot’s ‘Punk Prayer’, an insurrectionary protest song aimed at Vladimir...
             

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