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Migration in the Age of Genocide - Law, Forgiveness and Revenge (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)
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Migration in the Age of Genocide - Law, Forgiveness and Revenge (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)
Series: Migration, Minorities and Modernity, 1
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This book presents a novel proposal for establishing justice and
social harmony in the aftermath of genocide. It argues that justice
should be determined by the victims of genocide rather than a
detached legal system, since such a form of justice is more
consistent with a socially grounded ethics, with a democracy that
privileges citizen decision-making, and with human rights. The book
covers the Holocaust; genocides in Argentina, South Africa, Rwanda,
Latin America, and Australia, as well as crimes against humanity in
Italy and France. From show trials to state- enforced forgiveness,
the book examines various methods that have been used since 1945 to
punish the individuals and groups responsible for genocide and how
they have ultimately failed to deliver true justice to the victims.
The only way to end this failure, the book points out, is to return
justice to the victims. This simple proposition; however,
challenges the Enlightenment tradition of Western law which was
built on the refusal to allow victims to determine the measure of
justice. That would amount, according to Bacon, Hegel, and Kant to
a revenge system and bring social chaos. But, as this book points
out, forgiveness is only something victims can give, no-one can
demand it. In order to establish a lasting peace, it is necessary
to re-examine the philosophical and theoretical refusal to return
justice to the victims. The engaging argument put forth in this
book can help deliver true justice and re-establish international
social harmony in the aftermath of genocide. Genocide is ubiquitous
in the modern, global world. It's understanding is highly relevant
for the understanding of specific and perpetuating challenges in
migration. Genocide forces the migration of millions to avoid
crimes against humanity. When they flee war zones they bring their
fears, hates, and misery with them. So migration research must
engage fully with the experience of genocide, its human conseque
nces and the ethical dilemmas it poses to all societies. Not to do
so, will make it more difficult to understand and live with
newcomers and to achieve some sort of harmony in host countries, as
well as those which are centers of genocide.
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