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Remembrance and Denial of Genocide: On the Interrelations of Testimonial and Hermeneutical Injustice

Melanie Altanian · 2021

Catalogue summary

Using Turkey's denial of the Armenian genocide, the paper links testimonial injustice with hermeneutical oppression: survivors and descendants are cast as vicious rememberers while the meaning of genocide itself is distorted through collective misremembrance.

Why this matters

This account explains how denial damages both personal testimony and the shared concepts needed to understand historical violence.

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Published in

International Journal of Philosophical Studies

Year

2021

Language

English

DOI

10.1080/09672559.2021.1997397

Citation

Melanie Altanian 2021. Remembrance and Denial of Genocide: On the Interrelations of Testimonial and Hermeneutical Injustice. International Journal of Philosophical Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/09672559.2021.1997397

Topics

Armenian Genocide Gender, family, memory, and oral history Politics, law, diplomacy, and human rights

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