human being died that night

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An acutely nuanced and original study of a state-sanctioned massmurderer. Not since Dead Man Walking have we seen so provocative afirst-person encounter with the human face of evil. Eugene de Kock,the commanding officer of state-sanctioned apartheid death squads,is currently serving 212 years in jail for crimes against humanity.Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, who grew up in a black township in SouthAfrica, served as a psychologist on that country's great nationalexperiment in healing, the Truth and Reconcilation Commission. Asthis book opens, in an act of inescapable, multilayered symbolismand extraordinary psychological courage, Gobodo-Madikizela entersPretoria's maximum security prison to meet the man called "PrimeEvil." What follows is a journey into what it means to be human.Gobodo-Madikizela's experience with and deep empathy for victims ofmurderous violence, including those killed by de Kock and theirfamilies and friends, become clear in arresting scenes set duringthe TRC hearings, in which both perpetrators and their victims aregiven voice. The author's profound understanding of the languageand memory of violence, and of the searingly complex issuessurrounding apology and forgiveness after mass atrocity, will leavea mark on scholarship as well as on our emotional lives.Gobodo-Madikizela's journey with de Kock, during which she allowsus to witness the extraordinary awakening of his remorse, brings usto one of the great questions of our time: What does it mean whenwe discover that the incarnation of evil is as frighteningly humanas we are?

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