Beschreibung:
Radical Justice investigates the convoluted relationship between memory and justice in Spain and the Southern Cone as it is portrayed in political documentaries and detective fiction from Spain and the Southern Cone. It argues that the possibility of achieving justice in these regions lies beyond market and State and is yet to come. This book appeals to a wide range of scholars, ranging from national literature and film specialists of Argentina, Chile, and Spain, to philosophers and students of ethics, human rights, and questions of justice.
Radical Justice investigates the convoluted relationship between memory and justice in Spain and the Southern Cone as it is portrayed in political documentaries and detective fiction from Spain and the Southern Cone. It argues that the possibility of achieving justice in these regions lies beyond market and State and is yet to come. This book appeals to a wide range of scholars, ranging from national literature and film specialists of Argentina, Chile, and Spain, to philosophers and students of ethics, human rights, and questions of justice.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Transatlantic Circulation of Terror: Reflections of the Paradoxes of Political Disappearance
Chapter 2. The Politics of Melancholia: Hardboiled Fiction as a Parable of the State of Exception
Chapter 3. Gazing at the Real: Trauma and Repetition in Contemporary Documentaries from Spain and the Southern Cone
Chapter 4. Toward a Model of Global Justice? El Caso Pinochet and the Limits of Human Rights and International Justice
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