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This Volume Explores The Emerging Norm Of The Responsibility To Protect (r2p), Initially Adopted By The United Nations World Summit In 2005 Following Significant Debate Throughout The Preceding Decade. This Work Seeks To Uncover Whether This Norm And Its Founding Values Have Resonance And Grounding Within Diverse Cultures And Within The Experiences Of Societies That Have Directly Been Torn Apart By Mass Atrocity Crimes. The Contributors To This Collection Analyze The Responsibility To Protect Through Multiple Disciplines - Philosophy, Religion And Spirituality, Anthropology, And Aesthetics In Addition To International Relations And Law - To Explore What Light Alternative Perspectives Outside Of Political Science And International Relations Shed Upon This Emerging Norm. In Each Case, The Disciplinary Analysis Emanates From The Global South And From Scholars Located Within Countries That Experienced Violent Political Upheaval. They Draw Upon Not Only Theory But Also The First-hand Experience With Conscience-shocking Crimes. Their Retrospective And Prospective Analyses Could Help Shape The Future Implementation Of R2p In Accordance With Insights From Vastly Different Contexts. This Is Essential Reading For All Those With An Interest In Humanitarian Intervention, Peace And Conflict Studies, Critical Security Studies And Peacebuilding. Religion, Spirituality, And R2p In A Global Village / Mutombo Nkulu-n'sengha -- Philosophy, Ethics, And R2p / Yolanda Angulo Parra -- Creation Amidst Destruction: Southern Aesthetics And R2p / Rama Mani -- Rwanda: Culture Against Machetes / Jean-marie Kayishema -- Interventions In Kosovo: Un/welcomed Guests? / Nita Luci -- Atrocities Performed In Nepal?: The Impact Of Civic And Cultural Institutions / Arjun Karki And Jyoti Upadhyay -- Conclusion. The Contribution Of Cultural Perspectives To R2p / Rama Mani And Thomas G. Weiss. Edited By Rama Mani And Thomas G. Weiss. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.