Documenting atrocities around the world: Why engage with the perpetrators?

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 804-822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Canet
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Documentary Films ◽  
Related Literature ◽  
The World ◽  
Current Century ◽  
Methodological Approaches

Following a century filled with violations of human rights, a significant number of documentary films have appeared since the first decade of the current century that report these events. Traditionally this process is carried out from the victims’ point of view. However, a new tendency has emerged in which the films deal with the perpetrators’ perspective. It is easy to understand how establishing a relationship with a person who has committed atrocities may be problematic. So, why should we engage with perpetrators? The overarching purpose of this article is to attempt to offer some answers to this question. To this end, two methodological approaches are carried out in parallel: first, this article explores a sample of five documentary films and the filmmakers’ considerations of what their engagement with the perpetrators was like. Second, this article reviews the related literature and the controversial reception of these films by some scholars. In doing so, I also posit a theory that 4Rs (remembrance, recognition, remorse, and redemption) are a necessary prerequisite for the fifth R, of reconciliation. The final elaboration of this schema is mainly based on an example of interpersonal reconciliation.

scholarly journals Lingvo-Pedagogical Understanding of the Concepts of “Discourse Competence” and “Patriotic Discourse”

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1839-1844
Keyword(s):  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Discourse Competence ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The University ◽  
Liberal Culture

The article attempts to comprehend the essence and possibility of forming discourse competence among foreign and Russian students with simultaneous immersion in patriotic discourse. It is highlighted that the addition of the humanitarian series of “History of Civilizations” and “Features of Russian Civilization” to the educational process at the university creates the necessary pedagogical conditions for organizing a special linguo-ethno-cultural environment that forms active social interaction of authors within the framework of the medical and patriotic linguistic scenario. The authors of the article conducted a semantic and historical analysis of interpretations of the concept of “patriotism” that were studied from the point of view of traditional and liberal culture. The article presents the results of a socio-pedagogical study of students' perceptions of this concept. The article describes various theoretical and methodological approaches to the definition of the concepts of “discourse” and “discursive picture of the world” as well as psycholinguistic features of the method of semantic differential. Special attention in the article is paid to the typologies of discourse presented in the scientific literature. The authors of the article present the principle of genre and the principle of thematic correlation as the basis for distinguishing between types of discourse and highlight differences in language and discursive pictures of the world. The tasks of educators is to form not only purely medical discursive competence, but also to immerse the listener in “correctly” interpreted picture, saturated with verbal patterns that allow to create statements of patriotic content.

scholarly journals Reading for the dignity of all: Overcoming the troubling legacy of the Old Testament

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
L Juliana Claassens
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Martha Nussbaum ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Religious Intolerance ◽  
The World ◽  
Politics Of Fear ◽  
Equal Respect

In light of the numerous instances in the Hebrew Bible in which the dignity of its characters are threatened, violated or potentially violated, this article seeks to identify a number of strategies that may be used to read the Bible for the dignity of all so overcoming the Old Testament’s troubling legacy. These strategies have been inspired by the work of Martha Nussbaum who, in one of her recent books, The New Religious Intolerance: Overcoming the Politics of Fear in an Anxious Age, names three principles that may help a society to become more compassionate in nature and to transcend, what she calls, a narcissistic notion of fear: (1) Political (and I would add religious) principles that express equal respect and dignity for all people (2) Rigorous critical thinking that criticizes inconsistencies that may lead to human rights violations (3) Developing an empathetic or participatory imagination, in which one is able to consider how the world looks from the point of view of a person of a different cultural or religious point of view.

scholarly journals Dignity, personhood and culture: reflections on bioethics of today

2010 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Munzarova
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Medical Ethics ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Sono Stati ◽  
Inherent Dignity ◽  
The World ◽  
Loss Of Dignity ◽  
Human Family ◽  
Modern Form

Il rispetto per la dignità intrinseca di ogni essere umano è il fondamento di ogni etica medica, nonché il fondamento di molte dichiarazioni. Quella fondamentale, la Dichiarazione Universale dei Diritti dell’Uomo (ONU 1948) – ricordando “gli atti di barbarie che oltraggiarono la coscienza dell’umanità”, ha sancito che “il riconoscimento della dignità intrinseca ... di tutti i membri della famiglia umana è il fondamento della libertà, della giustizia e della pace nel mondo”. Nell’attuale disputa della bioetica diversi autori negano questo fatto, negano la personalità di tutti, incoraggiano l’uccisione di coloro che non sono, secondo il loro punto di vista, persone, argomentano contro il rispetto della coscienza, mettono insieme dignità intrinseca ed estrinseca (attribuita), ritengono che la dignità sia un concetto inutile in etica medica, ecc., ecc. E poiché le idee hanno sempre conseguenze, i medici uccidono i loro pazienti (accettando i loro sentimenti di perdita della dignità) e scoprono una novità piuttosto sorprendente, una forma moderna di paradossale guarigione-uccisione: le cure palliative e l’eutanasia legalizzata non sono antagonisti, sono uniti in una “cura palliativa integrale”. Dobbiamo vedere la realtà: alcuni aspetti del ragionamento odierno ricordano in maniera inquietante le motivazioni degli atti di barbarie precedenti alla guerra. Svariati segnali urgenti provenienti da uomini di cultura, che hanno avuto una personale esperienza tragica a causa di questi atti di barbarie, sono stati riportati. ---------- Respect to the inherent dignity of every human being is the cornerstone of all medical ethics as well as the cornerstone of many declarations. The fundamental one, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UN 1948) – remembering the “barbarous acts, that have outraged the conscience of mankind” – proclaimed that “recognition of the inherent dignity … of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world”. In the present arena of bioethics several authors deny this fact, deny the personhood of everybody, recommend killing of those who are, according their point of view, not persons, speak against the respect of conscience, conflate inherent and extrinsic (attributed) dignity, think that dignity is a useless concept in medical ethics, etc. etc. And as ideas have always consequences, physicians kill their patients (accepting their feelings of the loss of dignity) and find out quite strange innovation, a modern form of healing-killing paradox: palliative care and legalized euthanasia are not antagonistic; they are joined together in “integral palliative care”. We must see the reality: certain aspects of present day reasoning are disturbingly reminiscent to the reasoning of those who prepared barbarous acts before the war. Several urgent warning coming from the men of wisdom, who had personal tragic experience due to these barbarous acts, are quoted.

Kosovo: Evidence of Human Rights Violations Accumulates; International Community Follows Precedent of Inaction

1998 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 99-112
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Community ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Human Rights Violations ◽  
The World

I suppose the literally accurate answer to your question is we did not discuss that. But I have made it clear, and I believe we have made it clear between us, that, at least from my point of view, no option should be ruled out. We do not want another Bosnia in Kosovo. Too many people have died there already in indiscriminate violence. And of course, it happened very quickly. Neither, however, do we want to get in the position where Italy has to send troops to every one of its neighboring countries, and the United States has to send troops every time there's a dispute in that part of the world.

scholarly journals REVERSING THE LENS, WACANA PERLAWANAN SEJARAH 1965 DALAM FILM THE ACT OF KILLING

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Witriani Witriani
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Communist Party ◽  
Documentary Film ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Film Genre ◽  
The World ◽  
World Opinion

As a study, documentary film is often used as a reference because of its historical, social, cultural and political representation which signifies the facts in society. It is no wonder that the production as well as the analysis of the film genre and its development around the world have created such debate, including in the academic realm. The film The Act of Killing is one of them. Directed by an American filmmaker, Joshua Oppenheimer, the film tries to reveal the other facts of Indonesian history which have been covered and never imagined before, especially, the implications of Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) massacre in 1965. Taking the testimony of the actors, the film is quite controversial because it tells and descibes kind of sadism and human rights violations on PKI elements and other ethnicity. Thus it changes the world opinion about the Indonesian history in 1965. However, as a construction, film is a film. Sometimes, there is always a bias. What depicted in a film is a result of the cineast interpretation of historical events that may be different from other point of view. For instance, a contradictory between humanity and ideology has created a discourse among the viewers. While the director focus on a violation of human rights and set everything based on this perspectives, the actors or the perpetrators feel that what they did was a form of struggle to defense the country.

scholarly journals عالمی منشور برائے انسانی حقوق 1948ء کی روشنی میں اسلام کے تصورِ غلامی پر اعتراض کا تحقیقی جائزہ

Al-Duhaa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (02) ◽  
pp. 95-112
Author(s):  
Dr. Burhan Uddin ◽  
Arsala Khan ◽  
Abdur Rahim Khan
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Universal Declaration ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Universal System ◽  
Very Old ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Right

The history of slavery is very old. In which three types are very famous. Sell a freelance person, making slavery to a person resulting in a loss, and the prisoners arrested in the war were enslaved. Islam eliminated the first two types and the third case as an option left. On December 10th, 1948 UN passed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which includes the right to human rights with other rights. Any type of slavery was prohibited. In the light of this universal charter, objections to Islam's concept of slavery began to be raised. What is the validity of the objections in the light of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948  raised against the Islamic concept of slavery? the methodology adopted for this research is to examine the contents of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights from an Islamic point of view. In the same way, a true Islamic, rational and logical examination of the concept of slavery of Islam has been presented. There is also a wise law about slaves in the universal system that Islam has given to the world. Slavery in the name is left, otherwise, all their rights are in no way less than free human beings.   In case of any kind of abuse, they could have approached the Islamic court and got justice.

scholarly journals HUMAN RIGHTS RELATED TO THE RIGHT TO RELIGION AND ECONOMY IN THE CONFLUENCE OF CULTURES

10.26458/1824 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-96
Author(s):  
Anca MAGIRU ◽  
Mihaela Lavinia CIOBANICA ◽  
Daniel DANECI-PATRAU ◽  
Octav NEGURITA
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Martin Luther ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Vital Importance ◽  
Basic Law ◽  
The World ◽  
The Right ◽  
Martin Luther King

The paper is focused on the authors’ opinion, based on deep research, that religion and education go side by side and could help a lot and should be the basic law for the development, rural or urban, against the background of the nowadays European challenges. Europe confronts today with oncoming waves of immigrants from all over the world who have been invading it for several years, bringing with them cultures, customs, observances, different in many ways from ours. Under these circumstances, the authors would like to highlight their point of view, mainly the idea that the words of Martin Luther King Jr.: “Hate paralyzes life; love releases it. Hate confuses life; love harmonizes it”, are much more true than ever. To keep an open mind on religious education, to be flexible, loving and understanding should be of vital importance in developing rural communities against the background of the European competitiveness.

A New Enlightenment and Education Towards a Bioeconomic Society

2003 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-401
Author(s):  
Jose Angel ◽  
López Herrerias
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The World ◽  
Pedagogic Tool ◽  
Global Affairs ◽  
Cultural Reality ◽  
New Millennium

The change of century with a new millennium means the conscious beginning of a crucial ”axial time”. The characteristics of this axial time are: (a) the collective conscience born from the global interplanetary knowledge that the world suffers from lack of ethics together with situations characterised by exclusion, violence, exploitation and the need for human rights. (b) at the same time there is an increasing awareness of the need to demand respect and application of other values and attitudes between people and groups co-participating in the global affairs. From the pedagogical point of view this is a problem relating to the cultural reality and the psychological dominance and their relationship from the cultural to the psychic and vice versa. A typology of these realities makes us aware of four models: modernity, post-modernity, ultra-modernity and meta-modernity. Here the meta-modernity is defined as the psycho-cultural pedagogic alternative based on other values and in the new systems of rules generating identities, which make possible responses capable of overcoming the conflicts of the new and complex ”axial time”. Bioeconomics as a science and as a pedagogic tool is well placed in this model.

scholarly journals Persons without capacity as participants in research: A Kingdom perspective on article 7(b) of UNESCO’s Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (2005)

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 397
Author(s):  
Riaan Rheeder
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Kingdom Of God ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Universal Declaration ◽  
World Community ◽  
The World ◽  
Entire World ◽  
Rights Issue

In 2005, UNESCO’s <i>Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights</i> (UDBHR) was accepted unanimously by the world community (191 member nations). The declaration is currently the first and only bioethical text to which the entire world has committed. However, this document, particularly Article 7(b), is not of religious origin and must therefore be evaluated from a Christian point of view. This article strives to ground the ethical and human rights issue of substitute consent with regard to research with persons without capacity from a Protestant perspective. The grounding is performed in the light of the theme of the Kingdom of God.

Medical Diagnosis from a Clinician’s Point of View

1978 ◽  
Vol 17 (01) ◽  
pp. 28-35
Author(s):  
F. T. De Dombal
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Medical Diagnosis ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Joint Research ◽  
The World

This paper discusses medical diagnosis from the clinicians point of view. The aim of the paper is to identify areas where computer science and information science may be of help to the practising clinician. Collection of data, analysis, and decision-making are discussed in turn. Finally, some specific recommendations are made for further joint research on the basis of experience around the world to date.

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