La victoire d'André Jarlan: la naissance d'une affaire pendant la dictature militaire chilienne

André Jarlan was a French priest murdered by the Chilean police during a protest against the dictatorship in the working-class neighbourhood of La Victoria. In this article, I will show how the Jarlan case can be framed in what the sociology of Luc Boltanski calls affaire. The Jarlan case, through t...

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Main Author: Cortés, Alexis (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2018]
In: Social compass
Year: 2018, Volume: 65, Issue: 5, Pages: 608-625
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Jarlan, André 1941-1984 / Chile / Dictatorship / Protest movements / Catholic church
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
CG Christianity and Politics
KBR Latin America
KDB Roman Catholic Church
Further subjects:B Chili
B dictature
B pobladores
B Pinochet
B André Jarlan
B affaire
B Dictatorship
B Chile
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Summary:André Jarlan was a French priest murdered by the Chilean police during a protest against the dictatorship in the working-class neighbourhood of La Victoria. In this article, I will show how the Jarlan case can be framed in what the sociology of Luc Boltanski calls affaire. The Jarlan case, through the denunciation of the murder, contributed to develop a generalisation of the critique of the dictatorship, giving visibility to other crimes and allowing the re-humanization of its victims. This case shows that the critical capacities of people and the claim for justice can be mobilized with success even in an unfavourable situation such as a dictatorship. The condition of the victim (a priest), the accuser (the Catholic Church), the executioner (the dictatorship), and the cause (the pobladores) are the elements that will give exemplarity to this case that morally defeats the Chilean dictatorship.
ISSN:1461-7404
Contains:Enthalten in: Social compass
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0037768618800421