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Political crime and the memory of loss

Title
Political crime and the memory of loss / John Borneman.
Author
Borneman, John, 1952-
Publication
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.

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Description
xiii, 243 p.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
New anthropologies of Europe
Uniform Title
New anthropologies of Europe.
Subject
  • Political anthropology > Case studies
  • Political crimes and offenses > Case studies
  • Democratization > Case studies
  • Loss (Psychology) > Case studies
  • Government accountability > Case studies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Modes of accountability: events of closure, rites of repetition -- On money and the memory of loss -- Public apologies, dignity, and performative redress -- Reconciliation after ethnic cleansing: listening, retribution, affiliation -- The state of war crimes following the Israel-Hezbollah War -- Terror compassion, and the limits of identification: counter-transference and rites of commemoration in Lebanon -- Responsibility after military intervention: what is regime change? What is occupation? -- Does the United States want democratization in Iraq? Anthropological reflections on the export of political form -- The external ascription of defeat and collective punishment -- What do election rituals mean? Representation, sacrifice, and cynical reason -- Politics without a head: is the love parade a new form of political identification? Is the United States Europe's other?
Call Number
JFE 11-3935
ISBN
  • 9780253356895 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 025335689X (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780253223517 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0253223512 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2011016620
OCLC
707212799
Author
Borneman, John, 1952-
Title
Political crime and the memory of loss / John Borneman.
Imprint
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.
Series
New anthropologies of Europe
New anthropologies of Europe.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 11-3935
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