The Cases: Justice and witness
Forty-one cases open the chapters of the book, from the story of Talut and Goliath to the race for artificial intelligence. Each has its chapter and its lesson. In the book a story is a way into understanding, not a conclusive proof of it.
By eraAllAntiquity and the QuranThe Islamic middle centuriesEarly modern to 19th centuryThe 20th centuryThe 21st century
By arenaAllThe battlefieldLiberation from occupationPower and statesPopular uprisingsJustice and witnessKnowledge and mediaCivil societyIdeas and values
4 cases
- 16
The fall of apartheid
When injustice becomes a witness against itself
- 17
Spotlight
When four journalists take on an empire
- 18
Abu Ghraib
When a single image halts a war machine
- 25
Martin Luther King
When the word moves what weapons cannot