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A human being died that night : a South African story of forgiveness / Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela.

By: Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2003Description: 193 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0618211896
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Human being died that night.DDC classification:
  • 363.2/092 23 G575
Contents:
Scenes from apartheid -- An encounter with apartheid's crusader -- The trigger hand -- The evolution of evil -- The language of trauma -- Apartheid of the mind -- "I have no hatred in my heart" -- Appendix: A short history of apartheid.
Review: "Eugene de Kock, the commanding officer of state-sanctioned apartheid death squads, is currently serving a 212-year sentence for crimes against humanity. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, who grew up in a black township in South Africa served as a psychologist on that country's great national experiment in healing, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. As this book opens, in an act of inescapable, multilayered symbolism and extraordinary psychological courage, Gobodo-Madikizela enters Pretoria's maximum security prison to meet the man called "Prime Evil." What follows is a journey into what it means to be human"--Publisher's description.Summary: "Gobodo-Madikizela's journey with de Kock, during which she allows us to witness the extraordinary awakening of his remorse, brings us to one of the great questions of our time: What does it mean when we discover that the incarnation of evil is as frighteningly human as we are?"--Jacket.
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كتاب كتاب Central Library المكتبة المركزية 363.2092 G575 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available قاعة الكتب 12548

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-176) and index (pages 183-193).

Scenes from apartheid -- An encounter with apartheid's crusader -- The trigger hand -- The evolution of evil -- The language of trauma -- Apartheid of the mind -- "I have no hatred in my heart" -- Appendix: A short history of apartheid.

"Eugene de Kock, the commanding officer of state-sanctioned apartheid death squads, is currently serving a 212-year sentence for crimes against humanity. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, who grew up in a black township in South Africa served as a psychologist on that country's great national experiment in healing, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. As this book opens, in an act of inescapable, multilayered symbolism and extraordinary psychological courage, Gobodo-Madikizela enters Pretoria's maximum security prison to meet the man called "Prime Evil." What follows is a journey into what it means to be human"--Publisher's description.

"Gobodo-Madikizela's journey with de Kock, during which she allows us to witness the extraordinary awakening of his remorse, brings us to one of the great questions of our time: What does it mean when we discover that the incarnation of evil is as frighteningly human as we are?"--Jacket.