Phenomenal Justice - Violence and Morality in Argentina

How do the victims and perpetrators of the Argentinian dictatorship experience transitional justice on their own terms? Grounded in phenomenological anthropology and the anthropology of emotion, Phenomenal Justice establishes a new theoretical basis that is faithful to the uncertainties of justice and truth in the aftermath of human rights violations.

List of contents

List of Abbreviations

Prologue: The Verdict

1. Phenomenal Justice

2. Things That Matter

3. Time

4. Trauma

5. Disgrace

6. Laughter and Play

7. Where Justice Belongs

Acknowledgments

Glossary

Notes

References

Index

About the author

EVA VAN ROEKEL is an assistant professor in social and cultural anthropology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. 

Summary

How do victims and perpetrators of political violence caught up in a complicated legal battle experience justice on their own terms? Phenomenal Justice is a compelling ethnography about the reopened trials for crimes against humanity committed during the brutal military dictatorship that ruled Argentina between 1976 and 1983.

Product details

• Authors: Eva van Roekel, Eva van Roekel
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781978800267
• ISBN: 978-1-978800-26-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights; Genocide, Political Violence,
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education