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This book explores how memories and representations shape our understanding of historical events, particularly the ways in which societies create narratives about genocide and its aftermath, using Argentina's last military dictatorship (1976-1983) and its contested legacy as a case study.
List of contents
Introduction
1. Neuroscience and memory processes
2. Memory, trauma and working through
3. Memory processes in the social sciences, history and philosophy
4. Implications of concepts and representations for identity processes
5. The symbolic enactment of genocidal social practices
About the author
Daniel Feierstein is Director of the Centre of Genocide Studies at the National University of Tres de Febrero, Argentina and Director of the Observatory of State Crimes at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is also a Senior Researcher at the National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET). His work primarily focuses on genocidal social practices and has been crucial in the increased recognition of the Argentine military junta's crimes as genocide. He is a previous President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars and has acted as a judge on the Permanent People's Tribunal in Sri Lanka, Mexico, Myanmar and Colombia. He is the author of several books, including
Genocide as a Social Practice: Reorganizing Society under the Nazis and Argentinäs Military Juntas (2014) and
Social and Political Representations of the COVID-19 Crisis (Routledge, 2022). During the COVID-19 pandemic, Feierstein participated in numerous National and Provincial Advisory Councils in Argentina assessing the social aspects of the crisis.
Summary
This book explores how memories and representations shape our understanding of historical events, particularly the ways in which societies create narratives about genocide and its aftermath, using Argentina’s last military dictatorship (1976-1983) and its contested legacy as a case study.
