Knowing about Genocide: Armenian Suffering and Epistemic Struggles 9780520380196
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Table of contents :
Contents
List of Illustrations and Tables
Preface: Purpose, Author, and Acknowledgments
Introduction: Epistemic Circle and History of the Armenian Genocide
PART I Interaction and Micropolitics of Genocide Knowledge
1 Social Interaction, Self-Reflection, and Struggles over Genocide Knowledge
2 Diaries and Bearing Witness in the Humanitarian Field
Part II. SEDIMENTATION: CARRIER GROUPS AND KNOWLEDGE ENTREPRENEURS
3 Carriers, Entrepreneurs, and Epistemic Power—a Conceptual Toolbox toward an Understanding of Genocide Knowledge
4 Sedimentation and Mutations of Armenian Knowledge about the Genocide
5 Sedimentation of Turkish Knowledge about the Genocide—and Comparisons
PART III Rituals, Epistemic Power, and Conflict over Genocide Knowledge
6 Affirming Genocide Knowledge through Rituals
7 Epistemic Struggles in the Political Field—Mobilization and Legislation in France
8 Epistemic Struggles in the Legal Field— Speech Rights, Memory, and Genocide Curricula before an American Court
9 Denialism in an Age of Human Rights Hegemony
Conclusions: Closing the Epistemic Circle and Future Struggles
NOTES
REFERENCES
INDEX
Contents
List of Illustrations and Tables
Preface: Purpose, Author, and Acknowledgments
Introduction: Epistemic Circle and History of the Armenian Genocide
PART I Interaction and Micropolitics of Genocide Knowledge
1 Social Interaction, Self-Reflection, and Struggles over Genocide Knowledge
2 Diaries and Bearing Witness in the Humanitarian Field
Part II. SEDIMENTATION: CARRIER GROUPS AND KNOWLEDGE ENTREPRENEURS
3 Carriers, Entrepreneurs, and Epistemic Power—a Conceptual Toolbox toward an Understanding of Genocide Knowledge
4 Sedimentation and Mutations of Armenian Knowledge about the Genocide
5 Sedimentation of Turkish Knowledge about the Genocide—and Comparisons
PART III Rituals, Epistemic Power, and Conflict over Genocide Knowledge
6 Affirming Genocide Knowledge through Rituals
7 Epistemic Struggles in the Political Field—Mobilization and Legislation in France
8 Epistemic Struggles in the Legal Field— Speech Rights, Memory, and Genocide Curricula before an American Court
9 Denialism in an Age of Human Rights Hegemony
Conclusions: Closing the Epistemic Circle and Future Struggles
NOTES
REFERENCES
INDEX
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- Joachim J. Savelsberg
