Overview
An argument, based in history, law, literature, and philosophy, for empathy as an integral part of decisions about who will be designated an enemy of the state
Full Product Details
Author: Rajini Srikanth
Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
Imprint: Temple University Press,U.S.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.431kg
ISBN: 9781439903230
ISBN 10: 1439903239
Pages: 220
Publication Date: 09 December 2011
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Constructing the Enemy is a fascinating book--nuanced and engaging--that weaves together legal theory, the realities of legal practice, historical vignettes, and literary analysis. Srikanth artfully straddles disciplines and adds important new insights. Her refined, subtly developed topic is quite timely, and her ideas about empathy/antipathy are both challenging and accessible. <br>--Daniel Kanstroom, Boston College
This engaging book argues that empathy can start individuals and nations on the road to justice... This useful book demonstrates how the multidisciplinary approach championed in American studies can prepare citizens to move from displays of compassionate empathy to an ethical empathy of constructive engagement... Highly recommended. Choice, September 2012 Constructing the Enemy presents a lucid argument against monolithic understandings of empathy... Srikanth makes her case through a careful consideration of American literature and the legal work surrounding the histories of internment and detainment in the United States... Constructing the Enemy represents a timely contribution to Asian American studies, human rights scholarship, and, in particular, critical legal studies. --MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the U.S., Fall 2013
This engaging book argues that empathy can start individuals and nations on the road to justice... This useful book demonstrates how the multidisciplinary approach championed in American studies can prepare citizens to move from displays of compassionate empathy to an ethical empathy of constructive engagement... Highly recommended. Choice, September 2012
Author Information
Rajini Srikanth is Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She is the author of The World Next Door: South Asian American Literature and the Idea of America and the coeditor (with Sunaina Maira) of Contours of the Heart: South Asians Map North America and (with Lavina Dhingra Shankar) of A Part Yet Apart: South Asians in Asian America.
