Knowing about Genocide: Armenian Suffering and Epistemic Struggles

Savelsberg, Joachim J.
2021
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Knowing about Genocide: Armenian Suffering and Epistemic Struggles

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2021

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University of California Press

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How do victim and perpetrator peoples generate conflicting knowledge about genocide? Using a sociology of knowledge approach, Joachim J. Savelsberg answers this question in the context of the Armenian genocide committed during the First World War. Focusing on Armenians and Turks, Savelsberg examines strategies of silencing, denial, and acknowledgment in everyday interactions, public rituals, law, and politics. He draws on interviews, ethnographic accounts, documents, and eyewitness testimony to illuminate the social processes that drive dueling versions of history. Ultimately, this study reveals the counterproductive consequences of denial in an age of human rights hegemony, demonstrating the implications for populist disinformation campaigns against overwhelming evidence.

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This book was funded through the TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem) Initiative at the University of Minnesota.

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978-0-520-38019-6

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https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.99

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Savelsberg, Joachim J.. (2021). Knowing about Genocide: Armenian Suffering and Epistemic Struggles. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.99.

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