The Historiographic Perversion

Genocide is a matter of law. It is also a matter of history. Engaging some of the most disturbing responses to the Armenian genocide, Marc Nichanian strikingly reveals the complex role played by law and history in making this and other genocides endure as contentious events.Nichanian's book arg...

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Autore principale: Nichanian, Marc (Autore)
Altri autori: Anidjar, Gil 1964- (Altro)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Libro
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: New York, NY Columbia University Press 2009
In:Anno: 2009
Altre parole chiave:B Massacres (Armenia) History
B Europe / HISTORY / Generale
B History
B Witnesses
B Historiography History 20th century
B Genocide
B Historiography
B Regional History
B General European History
B Holocaust Denial
B Historiography History 20th century
B Genocide Historiography
B Massacres
B Massacres Armenia History
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Riepilogo:Genocide is a matter of law. It is also a matter of history. Engaging some of the most disturbing responses to the Armenian genocide, Marc Nichanian strikingly reveals the complex role played by law and history in making this and other genocides endure as contentious events.Nichanian's book argues that both law and history fail to contend with the very nature of events for which there is no archive (no documents, no witnesses). Both history and law fail to address the modern reality that events can be¿and are now being¿perpetrated that depend upon the destruction of the archive, turning monstrous deeds into nonevents. Genocide, this book makes us see, is in one sense the destruction of the archive. It relies on the historiographic perversion.
ISBN:0231521626
Accesso:Restricted Access
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.7312/nich14908