@article{737973,
      recid = {737973},
      author = {Tismaneanu, Vladimir, and Iacob, Bogdan,},
      title = {Remembrance, history, and justice : coming to terms with  traumatic pasts in democratic societies /},
      pages = {vii, 508 pages ;},
      abstract = {"The present book is a state of the art reassessment and  analysis of how the interplay between memory, history, and  justice generates insight that is multifariously relevant  for comprehending the present and future of democracy  without becoming limited to a Europe-centric framework of  understanding. The volume is structured on three  complementary and interconnected trajectories: the public  use of history, politics of memory, and transitional  justice. Subsequently, the contributors deal with trauma  and the reconstitution of democratic communities, with the  multiple publics of historical inquiry in the context of a  shift from authoritarianism to pluralism, with the  competing narratives resultant of the process of  Aufarbeitung, and last but not least, with the juridical  and investigative efforts to acknowledge and punish the  crimes and abuses of the past. It brings together  historiography with memory studies, intellectual and legal  history, political analysis with theoretical insight. It  integrates local and regional experiences with traumatic  pasts into a global structure that offers the possibility  of more general conclusions about the memory of a century  touched by the 'reek of cruelty'. The authors situate the  process of coming to terms with the past (communism,  fascism, authoritarianism, failed democracies) in Eastern  Europe (including the Western Balkans) and the former  Soviet space within the larger context of discussing the  memory and history of the post-war period. At the same  time, the European overview is compared with other cases of  post-authoritarian transitions such as those in Latin  America, South Africa, Japan, and the Middle East. The  result is a clustered big picture of practices of  remembrance, reckoning, and historiographical  reevaluation"--Provided by publisher.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/737973},
}