Cruel Modernity

Author/Contributor(s):	Franco, Jean
Publisher:	Duke University Press
Date:	05/29/2013
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Analyzing the conditions under which dehumanizing cruelty came to be used by states and rogue groups in Latin America, Jean Franco argues that acts of extreme cruelty and the ways they are rationalized are defining features of modernity.