Justice and memory : confronting traumatic pasts : an international comparison
TitleJustice and memory : confronting traumatic pasts : an international comparison
Author
Call number909.82/0004
Object number10575
Place of publicationVienna, Austria
PublisherPassagen
Year of publication
2009
Physical description326p.
MaterialBook
Series titlePassagen Gesellschaft.
ISBN9783851659115
NotesInternational conference proceedings at the Kreisky-Forum, Vienna, in June 2008.
Description
Every society must cope with traumatic pasts. The many ways in which societies cope with the past(s) form part of the politics of the past : history is thus continuously reformulated ex post facto and presented as a seemingly coherent narrative related to specific (hegemonic) interests.