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eprints-23313
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eprints
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SOAS, University of London
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SOAS Research Online
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| language |
English
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| language_search |
English
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| description |
Human rights discourse has been criticized for being legalistic, decontextualized, and failing to focus on factors explaining violations. Victor Klemperer’s diaries chronicled the life and suffering of a German Jew in Nazi Germany and the manipulation of language by a totalitarian regime. Ernst Fraenkel’s Dual State and Franz Neumann’s Behemoth set out theories offering profound insights into the legal and political nature of the Nazi system. Revisiting their work from a human rights perspective is richly rewarding, providing examples of engaged scholarship that combined documentation and critical analysis. Their writings hold important lessons for contemporary human rights engagement and its critics.
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| format |
Journal Article
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| author |
Oette, Lutz
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| author_facet |
Oette, Lutz
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| authorStr |
Oette, Lutz
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| author_letter |
Oette, Lutz
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| title |
Document and Analyze: The Legacy of Klemperer, Fraenkel and Neumann for Contemporary Human Rights Engagement
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| publisher |
Johns Hopkins University Press
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| publishDate |
2017
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| url |
https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/23313/
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