The Past Can't Heal Us: The Dangers of Mandating Memory in the Name of Human Rights

ISBN-13: 9781108817103 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 255 str.

Lea (University College Dublin) David

Opis

Lea David exposes the dangers and pitfalls of mandating memory in the name of human rights in conflict and post-conflict settings.

Recenzje

'Her innovative approach and original argument mark an important scholarly contribution, inviting further research on globalization and memory.' Katarina Ristic, Connections: A Journal for Historians and Area Specialists

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Human rights as an ideology? Obstacles and benefits; 3. What Is moral remembrance?; 4. The institutionalization of moral remembrance: the case study of Palestine and Israel; 5. The institutionalization of moral remembrance: the case study of Western Balkans; 6. Human rights, memory and micro-solidarity; 7. Mandating memory, mandating conflicts.