Didier Fassin

Jan 6, 2025 | versobooks.com | Didier Fassin

The following is an excerpt taken from Moral Abdication: How the World Failed to Stop the Destruction of Gaza by Didier Fassin. The present crisis is one of the deepest experiences since the time, nearly eight decades ago, when people first proclaimed: ‘Never again.’ But here, the word ‘crisis’ does not refer to the situation in Gaza.

Nov 21, 2024 | versobooks.com | Didier Fassin |Gideon Levy

Jean Améry, the pseudonym of Austrian-Jewish writer Hanns Chaim Mayer, drew deeply from his personal experiences as a member of the resistance movement against the Nazi occupation of Belgium. After being captured by the German Gestapo, tortured, and later imprisoned in concentration camps, his literature and philosophy became profoundly informed by the atrocities he endured.

Sep 30, 2024 | versobooks.com | Eyal Weizman |Gideon Levy |Ilan Pappe |Didier Fassin

On 29 October, 2023, a video of a young Palestinian in Gaza went viral on TikTok. He holds a clip-on microphone and greets his audience after a period of internet and communication disruption. A soundtrack of broadcast music has been added in the video's post-production. Behind him, people line up in what he describes as a queue for bread at one of the few bakeries still operating in the north of the Gaza Strip.

Jun 25, 2024 | ias.edu | Lorenzo Alunni |Didier Fassin

In an opinion piece for The Guardian, Didier Fassin, James D.

Jun 25, 2024 | msn.com | Didier Fassin

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