Introduction to “Cruelty, Suffering, Imagination
The Lessons of J. M. Coetzee
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7182175 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frances E Mascia‐lee, Frances E Mascia‐Lees (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey), Patricia A Sharpe (0000-0003-1593-5127, Bard College at Simon's Rock), Patricia Sharpe |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 84-87 |
| Publication date | 2006-02-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7294 • E-ISSN: 1548-1433 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/aa.2006.108.1.84 |
| OpenAlex | W2026385462 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
For over two decades, Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee has brilliantly addressed issues of interest to anthropologists: the brutal effects of racist tyranny and injustice in South Africa; the reach of empire; guilt and revenge; and the problem of language in particular historical and political moments. In his recent work Elizabeth Costello (2003a), Coetzee confronts a particularly pressing set of contemporary political and ethical concerns, ones to which anthropologists have much to add. In this “In Focus,” anthropologists from each of the subdisciplines use Elizabeth Costello as a lens for working through such concerns, addressing a range of questions—including the nature of evil and its relationship to state power, the burden of belief, the legacy of colonialism, the ethical limits of representations of horror, what it means to live in a world of cruelty and suffering, and the power of humans' sympathetic imagination to confront such a world
Civilization · Colonialism · Criminology · Cruelty · Empire · Environmental ethics · Injustice · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · State (computer science · African cultural and philosophical studies · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · South African History and Culture
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2010 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |