Alex Hinton
Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers & UNESCO Chair in Genocide Prevention / mass violence, society and law, perpetrators, extremism, transitional justice
https://sasn.rutgers.edu/alex-hinton
Twitter: @AlexLHinton
https://sasn.rutgers.edu/alex-hinton
Twitter: @AlexLHinton
Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s Siegewww.routledge.com A new wave of aspiring neo-Nazi terrorists has arisen—including the infamous Atomwaffen Division. And they have a bible: James Mason’s Siege, which praises terrorism, serial killers, and Charles Manso...
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WRITERS FOR DEMOCRATIC ACTION presents Alex Hinton and Peter Balakianbooksandbooks.com Locally-owned, independent neighborhood bookstore
Perpetrators: Encountering Humanity's Dark Side - Antonius C.G.M. Robben and Alexander Laban Hintonbit.ly Perpetrators of mass violence are commonly regarded as evil. Their violent nature is believed to make them commit heinous crimes as members of state agencies, insurgencies, terrorist organizations, or racist and supremacist groups. Upon close examination, however, perpetrators are contradictory human beings who often lead unsettlingly ordinary and uneventful lives. Drawing on decades of on-the-ground research with perpetrators of genocide, mass violence, and enforced disappearances in Cambodia and Argentina, Antonius Robben and Alex Hinton explore how researchers go about not just interviewing and writing about perpetrators, but also processing their own emotions and considering how the personal and interpersonal impact of this sort of research informs the texts that emerge from them. Through interlinked ethnographic essays, methodological and theoretical reflections, and dialogues between the two authors, this thought-provoking book conveys practical wisdom for the benefit of other researchers who face ruthless perpetrators and experience turbulent emotions when listening to perpetrators and their victims. Perpetrators rarely regard themselves as such, and fieldwork with perpetrators makes for situations freighted with emotion. Research with perpetrators is a difficult but important part of understanding the causes of and creating solutions to mass violence, and Robben and Hinton use their expertise to provide insightful lessons on the epistemological, ethical, and emotional challenges of ethnographic fieldwork in the wake of atrocity.
I went to CPAC as an anthropologist to understand Trump’s base − they believe, more than ever, he is a saviortheconversation.com While Ronald Reagan is closely tied to this conservative conference’s origins, it has become a multiday event for die-hard Trump supporters.
radical online collections and archiveshatfulofhistory.wordpress.com I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would be u...
Two Myths Fueling the Conservative Right's Dangerous Transphobiawww.sapiens.org An anthropologist attends the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)—ground zero for anti-trans rhetoric and legislation in the U.S.
CFP Storytelling for Environmental Futures – Nordic Environmental Humanitiesnordic-envhum.org
“Pol Pot’s Secret Prison” – On the Seawallwww.ronslate.com