Quand le bourreau prend la parole. Towards an ethics of perpetrator testimony? (Anneleen Spiessens)
The conflicts of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries have given rise to a desire – and perhaps even a necessity – to gather the stories of perpetrators in order to arrive at a fuller understanding of violent historical events. But what platform should perpetrators be given from which to...
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| 發表在: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/temoigner, |
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| 格式: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| 語言: | Anglais |
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Témoigner. Entre histoire et mémoire
2021
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| 在線閱讀: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| 總結: | The conflicts of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries have given rise to a desire – and perhaps even a necessity – to gather the stories of perpetrators in order to arrive at a fuller understanding of violent historical events. But what platform should perpetrators be given from which to speak? Should they be accorded the same status of “witness” as survivors? How should we listen to, represent and respond to their voices? In short, how can we ethically engage with the testimonies ... |
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