Political Crime and the Memory of Loss
Loss is a fundamental human condition that often leads both individualsand groups to seek redress in the form of violence. But are there possible modes ofredress to reckon with loss that might lead to a departure from the violence ofcollective and individual revenge? This book focuses on the redress of politicalcrime in Germany and Lebanon, extending its analysis to questions of accountabilityand democratization in the United States and elsewhere. To understand the proposedmodes of redress, John Borneman links the way the actors define their injuries tothe cultural forms of redress these injuries assume and to the social contexts inwhich they…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-253-22351-7
- EAN: 9780253223517
- Produktnummer: 11350239
- Verlag: Indiana University Press (IPS)
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 262 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.5 cm 408 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 408
Über den Autor
John Borneman is Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University. His books include Belonging in the Two Berlins: Kin, State, Nation and Syrian Episodes: Sons, Fathers, and an Anthropologist in Aleppo.
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