The politics of suffering: from the survivor-witness to humanitarian witnessing
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Carolyn Dean discusses the proliferation of the language of trauma and suffering in the late twentieth century, illustrating the benefit of taking a long historical view.
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Carolyn Dean discusses the proliferation of the language of trauma and suffering in the late twentieth century, illustrating the benefit of taking a long historical view.
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