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    Man or Monster?

    The Trial of a Khmer Rouge Torturer

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    Author(s)
    Hinton, Alexander Laban
    Collection
    Knowledge Unlatched (KU)
    Number
    100282
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    During the Khmer Rouge's brutal reign in Cambodia during the mid-to-late 1970s, a former math teacher named Duch served as the commandant of the S-21 security center, where as many as 20,000 victims were interrogated, tortured, and executed. In 2009 Duch stood trial for these crimes against humanity. While the prosecution painted Duch as evil, his defense lawyers claimed he simply followed orders. In 'Man or Monster?' Alexander Hinton uses creative ethnographic writing, extensive fieldwork, hundreds of interviews, and his experience attending Duch's trial to create a nuanced analysis of Duch, the tribunal, the Khmer Rouge, and the after-effects of Cambodia's genocide. Interested in how a person becomes a torturer and executioner as well as the law's ability to grapple with crimes against humanity, Hinton adapts Hannah Arendt's notion of the "banality of evil" to consider how the potential for violence is embedded in the everyday ways people articulate meaning and comprehend the world.
    URI
    http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31755
    Keywords
    Anthropology; Cambodia; Chum Mey; Khmer people; Khmer Rouge; Son Sen; Sophea Duch; Torture; Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
    DOI
    10.1215/9780822373551
    ISBN
    9780822373551
    OCN
    952226916
    Publisher
    Duke University Press
    Publisher website
    https://www.dukeupress.edu/
    Publication date and place
    Durham NC, 2016-11-04
    Grantor
    • Knowledge Unlatched - 100282 - KU Select 2016 Front List Collection
    Classification
    Social and cultural anthropology
    Public remark
    Relevant Wikipedia pages: Cambodia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia; Chum Mey - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chum_Mey; Khmer people - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_people; Khmer Rouge - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Rouge; Son Sen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_Sen; Sophea Duch - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophea_Duch; Torture - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture; Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuol_Sleng_Genocide_Museum
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    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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