Table of Contents
1 The Humanitarian Present 1
665 6
Lesser Evildoers 8
Pangloss's Law 10
Calculating Machines for the Reduction of Evil 15
An Ethical Governor 17
War of the Mad 19
Bulls and Spiders 21
2 Arendt in Ethiopia 27
On Omelettes and Eggs 35
The Politics of Compassion 37
Challenging Third Worldism 39
Humanitarian Optics 42
The Testimony of the Dead 45
Armies of Compassion 49
Minima Moralia 53
Aid Archipelago 56
Polls and the Police 58
3 The Best of All Possible Walls 65
Material Proportionality 73
Wallfare 80
Milgtam in Gaza 86
A Legislative Attack 90
Anarchists Against the Law 92
4 Forensic Architecture: Only the Criminal Can Solve the Crime 99
Before the Forum 103
Speaking Bones 108
The Era of Forensics 112
Dying to Speak 113
The Forensics of Forensics 115
Forensic Fetishism 126
The Thirtieth Civilian 129
The Design of Ruins 133
The Devil's Advocate 134
Epilogue: The Destruction of Destruction 139
Acknowledgements 163
Notes 167
Index 183