@article{908960,
      recid = {908960},
      author = {Bevernage, Berber.},
      title = {History, memory, and state-sponsored violence time and  justice / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Routledge,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {xii, 250 p.},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {"Modern historiography embraces the notion that time is  irreversible, implying that the past should be imagined as  something "absent" or "distant." Victims of historical  injustice, however, in contrast, often claim that the past  got "stuck" in the present and that it retains a haunting  presence. History, Memory, and State-Sponsored Violence is  centered around the provocative thesis that the way one  deals with historical injustice and the ethics of history  is strongly dependent on the way one conceives of  historical time; that the concept of time traditionally  used by historians is structurally more compatible with the  perpetrators than the victims point of view. Demonstrating  that the claim of victims about the continuing presence of  the past should be taken seriously, instead of being  treated as merely metaphorical, Berber Bevernage argues  that a genuine understanding of the irrevocable past  demands a radical break with modern historical discourse  and the concept of time. By embedding a profound  philosophical reflection on the themes of historical time  and historical discourse in a concrete series of case  studies, this project transcends the traditional divide  between empirical historiography on the one hand and the so  called theoretical approaches to history on the other. It  also breaks with the conventional analytical philosophy of  history that has been dominant during the last decades,  raising a series of long-neglected big questions about the  historical condition questions about historical time, the  unity of history, and the ontological status of present and  past programmatically pleading for a new historical  ethics"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/908960},
}