Human Being Died That Night（ISBN=） 英文原版

An acutely nuanced and original study of a state-sanctioned mass
murderer. Not since Dead Man Walking have we seen so provocative a
first-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 South
Africa, served as a psychologist on that country’s great national
experiment in healing, the Truth and Reconcilation Commission. As
this book opens, in an act of inescapable, multilayered symbolism
and extraordinary psychological courage, Gobodo-Madikizela enters
Pretoria’s maximum security prison to meet the man called “Prime
Evil.” What follows is a journey into what it means to be human.
Gobodo-Madikizela’s experience with and deep empathy for victims of
murderous violence, including those killed by de Kock and their
families and friends, become clear in arresting scenes set during
the TRC hearings, in which both perpetrators and their victims are
given voice. The author’s profound understanding of the language
and memory of violence, and of the searingly complex issues
surrounding apology and forgiveness after mass atrocity, will leave
a mark on scholarship as well as on our emotional lives.
Gobodo-Madikizela’s journey with de Kock, during which she allows
us to witness the extraordinary awakening of his remorse, brings us
to one of the great questions of our time: What does it mean when
we discover that the incarnation of evil is as frighteningly human
as we are?

1. Scenes from Apartheid 
2. An Encounter with “Prime Evil” 
3. The Trigger Hand 
4. The Evolution of Evil
5. The Language of Trauma 
6. Apartheid of the Mind 
7. “1 Have No Hatred in My Heart”
Epilogue 
Appendix: A Short History of Apartheid 
Notes 
Acknowledgments 
Index