Knowing about Genocide: Armenian Suffering and Epistemic Struggles
Joachim J Savelsberg
(Author)
Description
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at openmonographs.org. How do victims and perpetrators generate conflicting knowledge about genocide? Using a sociology of knowledge approach, Savelsberg answers this question for the Armenian genocide committed in the context of the First World War. Focusing on Armenians and Turks, he examines strategies of silencing, denial, and acknowledgment in everyday interaction, public rituals, law, and politics. Drawing on interviews, ethnographic accounts, documents, and eyewitness testimony, Savelsberg illuminates the social processes that drive dueling versions of history. He reveals counterproductive consequences of denial in an age of human rights hegemony, with implications for populist disinformation campaigns against overwhelming evidence.
Product Details
Price
$41.94
Publisher
University of California Press
Publish Date
March 30, 2021
Pages
264
Dimensions
6.0 X 8.9 X 0.8 inches | 0.95 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780520380189
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Joachim J. Savelsberg is Professor of Sociology and Law and holder of the Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Chair at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Representing Mass Violence: Conflicting Responses to Human Rights Violations in Darfur.