Memory Politics after Mass Violence

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Memory Politics after Mass Violence is written by Timothy Williams and published by Policy Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1529227607 (ISBN 10) and 9781529227604 (ISBN 13).

This book explores how political actors draw on memories of violent pasts to generate political power and legitimacy in the present. Drawing on fieldwork in post-violence Cambodia, Rwanda and Indonesia, the book demonstrates in what way power is derived from how roles are assigned, exploring who is deemed a perpetrator, victim or hero, as well as ambivalences in this memory. The author interrogates the ways in which these roles are attributed and ambivalences created in each society’s political discourses, transitional justice processes and cultural heritage. The comparative empirical analysis illustrates the importance of memory for political power and legitimacy today.