Violence, suffering and human rights: Anthropological reflections

Anthropological Theory

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 309-323

  Hastrup, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dialogue; Human rights; Legal language; Suffering; Toleration; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644521134     PISSN: 14634996     EISSN: 17412641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14634996030033004     Document Type: Article

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