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- catalog abstract ""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." "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.".
- catalog contributor b12689022.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""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."".
- catalog 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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-176) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "193 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Human being died that night.".
- catalog identifier "0618211896 (hc)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Human being died that night.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Houghton Mifflin,".
- catalog relation "Human being died that night.".
- catalog spatial "South Africa".
- catalog spatial "South Africa.".
- catalog subject "363.2/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "De Kock, Eugene.".
- catalog subject "Death squads South Africa.".
- catalog subject "HV7911.D439 G63 2003".
- catalog subject "Human rights South Africa.".
- catalog subject "Police South Africa Biography.".
- catalog subject "Political persecution South Africa.".
- catalog subject "Political violence South Africa.".
- catalog subject "Reconciliation Political aspects South Africa.".
- catalog subject "Torture South Africa.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "A human being died that night : a South African story of forgiveness / Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "Erlebnisbericht. swd".
- catalog type "text".