Memories and Representations of Terror: Working through Genocide
explores how memories and representations shape our understanding
of historical events, particularly the ways in which societies
create narratives about genocide and its aftermath, using
Argentina’s last military dictatorship (1976-1983) and its
contested legacy as a case study. Feierstein examines how memories
and representations of genocide are the terrain in which both the
strategic objectives of genocide and the possibilities of
challenging those objectives are contested. These memories and
representations provide the foundation upon which critical
judgments about the past are constructed and offer the potential
for assuming responsibility and working through the consequences of
genocide. This book proposes that terror continues to hijack the
actions and identities of surviving societies via a process of the
construction of memories and social representations of the lived
experience in a final stage of genocide Feierstein terms
‘symbolic enactment’. In doing so, Feierstein examines the
contributions of various disciplines to comprehending memory
processes and social representations. It covers a range of topics,
from the nature of memory based on the neuroscientific discoveries
of the last half-century to psychoanalytic theories on the
functioning of the mind, including the role of psychic defense
mechanisms, the unconscious mind, collective pacts of denial, and
different forms of desensitization. It also explores
historiographical debates between forms of history and forms of
memory, as well as sociological contributions to the analysis of
social frames of memory, cultural memory, generational
transmission, and related issues. The first volume of a
three-volume work that aims to identify and evaluate the various
consequences of genocidal social practices and the possibility of
healing the scars left on individuals’ subjectivities and the
social fabric by genocide. This book is essential reading for
students and academics in the humanities and social sciences with
an interest in genocide, collective memory, and identity.
General
| Imprint: |
Taylor & Francis
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
October 2023 |
| First published: |
2024 |
| Authors: |
Daniel Feierstein
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
160 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-237326-3 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-03-237326-1 |
| Barcode: |
9781032373263 |
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