Del i serien Spaces of Peace, Security and Development

Memory Politics after Mass Violence

Attributing Roles in the Memoryscape

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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This book explores how political actors draw on memories of violent pasts to generate political power and legitimacy in the present. Drawing on fieldwork in post-violence Cambodia, Rwanda and Indonesia, the book demonstrates in what way power is derived from how roles are assigned, exploring who is deemed a perpetrator, victim or hero, as well as ambivalences in this memory. The author interrogates the ways in which these roles are attributed and ambivalences created in each society’s political discourses, transitional justice processes and cultural heritage. The comparative empirical analysis illustrates the importance of memory for political power and legitimacy today.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-06-20
Mått156 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt522 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieSpaces of Peace, Security and Development
Antal sidor254
FörlagBristol University Press
ISBN9781529227581

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1. Introduction2. Memoryscapes’ Complex Negotiation of the Past and Present: Mnemonic Role Attributions and Ambivalence3. Cambodia: From Demonization to Universal Victimhood4. Rwanda: Ethnic Essentialism and Rwandan Patriotic Front Heroism5. Indonesia: Ambivalent Silence and Communist Threat Constructions6. Mnemonic Role Attributions and Ambivalence in Post-Violence Memoryscapes: Comparative Insights7. Conclusion

“This groundbreaking book examines how collective memory shapes political power after mass violence, revealing no universal memory narrative guarantees authority. Through field research in Cambodia, Rwanda, and Indonesia, it demonstrates how attributed roles—perpetrator, victim, hero—directly constitute political legitimacy. The author's compelling, timely argument extends beyond these case studies, inviting scholars to critically explore how political actors across various post-conflict societies strategically utilize violent pasts to legitimize present power arrangements.” Andrea Peto, Central European University