Unsettling Accounts : Neither Truth nor Reconciliation in Confessions of State Violence /

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Focusing on confessions to acts of authoritarian state violence, Leigh A. Payne asks what happens when perpetrators publicly admit or discuss their actions. She contends public confessions do not settle the past, but catalyze contentious debate. She argues debate and public confessions that trigger...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Payne, Leigh A.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Lateinamerika
Family life > Nigeria.
Demokratisering > fallstudier.
Politiskt våld > fallstudier.
Schuldbelijdenissen.
Martelen.
Politiek geweld.
Terreur.
Vergangenheitsbewältigung
Politische Verfolgung
Political violence.
Democratization.
Confession (Law)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Violence in Society.
89.58 political violence.
Democratisation > Études de cas.
Confession (Droit) > Études de cas.
Violence politique > Études de cas.
Democratization > Case studies.
Confession (Law) > Case studies.
Political violence > Case studies.
Nigeria > Description and travel.
Nigeria > Social life and customs.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Confessional performance
  • Remorse
  • Heroic confessions
  • Sadism
  • Denial
  • Silence
  • Fiction and lies
  • Amnesia
  • Betrayal.

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