Against Humanity: Lessons from the Lord’s Resistance Army PDF
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Against Humanity lessons from the lord’s resistance army Sam Dubal university of california press Against Humanity The publisher and the University of California Press Foundation gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the Anne G. Lipow Endowment Fund in Social Justice and Human Rights. Against Humanity lessons from the lord’s resistance army Sam Dubal university of california press University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. University of California Press Oakland, California © 2018 by Sam Dubal Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Dubal, Sam, 1986- author. Title: Against humanity : lessons from the Lord’s Resistance Army / Sam Dubal. Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Identifi ers: lccn 2017033917 (print) | lccn 2017038132 (ebook) | isbn 9780520968752 (ebook) | isbn 9780520296091 (cloth : alk. paper) | isbn 9780520296107 (cloth : alk. paper) Subjects: lcsh: Humanity. | Lord’s Resistance Army. | Insurgency— Uganda—Case studies. Classifi cation: lcc bj1533.h9 (ebook) | lcc bj1533.h9 d83 2017 (print) | ddc 179.7—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017033917 Manufactured in the United States of America 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Hannah and Veena It is impossible to know anything about men except on the absolute precondition that the philosophical (theoretical) myth of man is reduced to ashes. Louis Althusser, Marxism and Humanism, 1964 Contents List of Acronyms ix List of Characters xi Acknowledgments xv 1. Introduction: Against Humanity 1 2. How Violence Became Inhuman: The Making of Modern Moral Sensibilities 37 3. Gorilla Warfare: Life in and Beyond the Bush 83 4. Beyond Reason: Magic and Science in the LRA 115 Interlude: Re-Turn and Dis-Integration 147 5. Rebel Kinship beyond Humanity: Love and Belonging in the War 160 6. Rebels and Charity Cases: Politics, Ethics, and the Concept of Humanity 178 7. Conclusion: Beyond Humanity, or, How Do We Heal? 210 Notes 229 Glossary of Terms 247 Bibliography 253 Index 269
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