Adam Rosenblatt, Digging for the Disappeared: Forensic Science After Atrocity (Stanford UP, 2015)
Do dead bodies have human rights?\n\nThis is one of many fascinating questions Adam Rosenblatt asks in his compelling new book Digging for the Disappeared: Forensic Science After Atrocity (Stanford University Press, 2015)\n\nRosenblatt, a faculty member at Haverford College, doesn\u2019t try to recount the emergence of forensic science \xa0in investigating mass violence. \xa0Instead, he\u2019s really interested in examining the political, ethical and philosophical questions that surround the study of dead bodies in the aftermath of atrocities. \xa0His book is a thought examination of these questions. \xa0He considers how the interests of the various constituents of forensic investigations often clash. \xa0He thinks about the way in which dead bodies become political footballs. \xa0He considers how to balance the sometime competing claims of religion, lawyers and politicians to human remains. \xa0And he asks how best to recognize the rights of the dead. Digging for the Disappeared is a rich, introspective and thoughtful treatment of an increasingly important subject.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/genocide-studies