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Knowing about Genocide : Armenian Suffering and Epistemic Struggles /

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. How do victims and perpetrators generate conflicting knowledge about genocide? Using a sociology of knowledge approach, Savelsberg answers this question for the Armenian genocide committed in the context of the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Savelsberg, Joachim J. (Autor, Contribuidor)
Otros Autores: Chambers, Brooke B. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2021]
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations and Tables
  • Preface: Purpose, Author, and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Epistemic Circle and History of the Armenian Genocide
  • PART I Interaction and Micropolitics of Genocide Knowledge
  • 1 Social Interaction, Self-Reflection, and Struggles over Genocide Knowledge
  • 2 Diaries and Bearing Witness in the Humanitarian Field
  • Part II. SEDIMENTATION: CARRIER GROUPS AND KNOWLEDGE ENTREPRENEURS
  • 3 Carriers, Entrepreneurs, and Epistemic Power-a Conceptual Toolbox toward an Understanding of Genocide Knowledge
  • 4 Sedimentation and Mutations of Armenian Knowledge about the Genocide
  • 5 Sedimentation of Turkish Knowledge about the Genocide-and Comparisons
  • PART III Rituals, Epistemic Power, and Conflict over Genocide Knowledge
  • 6 Affirming Genocide Knowledge through Rituals
  • 7 Epistemic Struggles in the Political Field-Mobilization and Legislation in France
  • 8 Epistemic Struggles in the Legal Field- Speech Rights, Memory, and Genocide Curricula before an American Court
  • 9 Denialism in an Age of Human Rights Hegemony
  • Conclusions: Closing the Epistemic Circle and Future Struggles
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX