History, memory, and state-sponsored violence : time and justice / Berber Bevernage
Modern historiography embraces the notion that time is irreversible, implying that the past should be imagined as something 'absent' or 'distant.' Victims of historical injustice, however, in contrast, often claim that the past got 'stuck' in the present and that it retains a haunting presence. History, Memory, and State-Sponsored Violence is centered around the provocative thesis that the way one deals with historical injustice and the ethics of history is strongly dependent on the way one conceives of historical time; that the concept of time traditionally used by historians is structurally
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| Format: | Knjiga |
| Jezik: | English |
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New York [u.a.] :
Routledge,
2012
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| Izdanje: | 1. publ. |
| Serija: | Routledge Approaches to History : 4
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| Online pristup: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Sažetak: | Modern historiography embraces the notion that time is irreversible, implying that the past should be imagined as something 'absent' or 'distant.' Victims of historical injustice, however, in contrast, often claim that the past got 'stuck' in the present and that it retains a haunting presence. History, Memory, and State-Sponsored Violence is centered around the provocative thesis that the way one deals with historical injustice and the ethics of history is strongly dependent on the way one conceives of historical time; that the concept of time traditionally used by historians is structurally |
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| Opis djela: | Bibliographie S. 217 - 240 |
| Opis: | XII, 250 S. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-82298-5 |
| Signatura: | KW 5 *Bev/His |