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Schulz, William F., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Reversing the Rivers : A Memoir of History, Hope, and Human Rights / William F. Schulz. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2023] ©2023 1 online resource (304 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Welcome to Genocide -- Chapter 2. Prisoners of Conscience: The Dynamics of Rescue -- Chapter 3. Holding the Whole World in Our Hands -- Chapter 4. Into the Maelstrom: Liberia, Northern Ireland, and Darfur, Sudan -- Chapter 5. My Country ’Tis of Thee: US Domestic Human Rights Violations -- Chapter 6. 9/11 and the Mainstreaming of Torture -- Chapter 7. Star Power -- Chapter 8. The Inside Scoop -- Chapter 9. Despite Cruelty -- Common Questions About Human Rights -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star From 1994 to 2006, William F. Schulz headed Amnesty International USA. During this time, he and the organization confronted some of the greatest challenges to human rights, including genocides in Rwanda, Bosnia, and Sudan; controversies over the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the use of torture by the United States after 9/11; as well as growing concern about inequities in the American justice system, from police misconduct to the death penalty. Drawing upon his encounters with tyrants, the inspiration of brave human rights heroes, and collaborations with celebrities ranging from Patrick Stewart to Salma Hayek, Schulz uses poignant narrative and amusing anecdotes to discuss the day-to-day realities of struggling with life-and-death human rights crises. In the process he ducks an assassination threat in Liberia; brings tears to the eyes of the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland; and bests America’s self-described “toughest sheriff” on Bill Maher’s Politically Incorrect.Full of reflection as well as action, Reversing the Rivers provides Schulz with the opportunity to address profound philosophical questions, such as “What is the nature of evil?”; “How do we foster the ‘better angels of our nature’?” “When may we use force to stop people from using force?” “Is the prohibition on torture as simple as it seems?” and “What’s wrong with an eye for an eye?” Most important, in an eloquent concluding chapter, he answers the quandary most frequently posed to him during his years at Amnesty, “Given all the horrors in the world you see day after day, how do you retain any hope at all in humanity?” Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023) Human rights workers Biography. Human rights. Unitarian Universalist churches Clergy Biography. Biography and Memoir. Human Rights-Activism. Human Rights-NGO's and Practitioners. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights. bisacsh 1990s. 2000s. American politics. Amnesty International. Freedom House. Guantanamo. Human rights heroes. Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. celebrities interested in human rights. ethics. genocide. how can we stop evil. human rights activism. human rights villains. is there any good reason to hope. memoir. morality. non profit leadership. philosophy of human rights. social change. social movements. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English 9783111319292 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 9783111318912 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Political Science 2023 English 9783111319254 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Political Science 2023 9783111318677 ZDB-23-PLW Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete eBook-Package 2023 9783110791372 https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512824049?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781512824049 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781512824049/original |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Welcome to Genocide -- Chapter 2. Prisoners of Conscience: The Dynamics of Rescue -- Chapter 3. Holding the Whole World in Our Hands -- Chapter 4. Into the Maelstrom: Liberia, Northern Ireland, and Darfur, Sudan -- Chapter 5. My Country ’Tis of Thee: US Domestic Human Rights Violations -- Chapter 6. 9/11 and the Mainstreaming of Torture -- Chapter 7. Star Power -- Chapter 8. The Inside Scoop -- Chapter 9. Despite Cruelty -- Common Questions About Human Rights -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
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