Knowing about Genocide - by Joachim J Savelsberg (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"How do victim and perpetrator peoples generate conflicting knowledge about genocide? Using a sociology of knowledge approach, Savelsberg answers this question for the Armenian genocide committed in the context of the First World War. Focusing on Armenians and Turks, he examines strategies of silencing, denial, and acknowledgment in everyday interaction, public rituals, law, and politics. Drawing on interviews, ethnographic accounts, documents, and eyewitness testimony, Savelsberg illuminates the social processes that drive dueling versions of history. He reveals counterproductive consequences of denial in an age of human rights hegemony, with implications for populist disinformation campaigns against overwhelming evidence"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. <p/> This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)--a collaboration of the Association of American Universities, the Association of University Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries--and the generous support of the University of Minnesota. Learn more at the TOME website, available at openmonographs.org. <p/> How do victims and perpetrators generate conflicting knowledge about genocide? Using a sociology of knowledge approach, Savelsberg answers this question for the Armenian genocide committed in the context of the First World War. Focusing on Armenians and Turks, he examines strategies of silencing, denial, and acknowledgment in everyday interaction, public rituals, law, and politics. Drawing on interviews, ethnographic accounts, documents, and eyewitness testimony, Savelsberg illuminates the social processes that drive dueling versions of history. He reveals counterproductive consequences of denial in an age of human rights hegemony, with implications for populist disinformation campaigns against overwhelming evidence.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>"This pioneering sociology of knowledge of the Armenian genocide is critical for understanding the background to Turkish denial as the final stage of genocide. Savelsberg's epistemic study is a warning against a revived shade of an Orwellian order, with its 'alternative realities' and 'post-truths.'"--Dr. Claire Mouradian, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris <p/> "Knowledge denial is a deadly phenomenon and an urgent problem. Confronting the Armenian genocide, Joachim Savelsberg illuminates how mass harm has been negated<i> or</i> acknowledged, through painstaking research, unrivaled expertise, and ethical commitment."--Lois Presser, author of <i>Inside Story: How Narratives Drive Mass Harm</i> <p/> "Savelsberg has done a brilliant job in this very unique work that for the first time analyzes the Armenian genocide from the vantage point of knowledge construction. He aptly brings in the standpoints of Armenians and Turks on the one side and analyzes the layering of knowledge through interaction to sedimentation and finally to rituals. A must-read for all interested in collective violence, social movements, and sociology of knowledge."--Fatma Müge Göçek, author of <i>Denial of Violence: Ottoman Past, Turkish Present, and Collective Violence against the Armenians, 1789-2009</i> <br> </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Savelsberg's new book is a breath of fresh air. . . . The powerful forces that silence past legacies of violence are disrupted through the strategic mechanisms deployed by survivors, scholars, legal advocates, teachers, and various other social actors."-- "Social Forces"<br><br>"Savelsberg's sociological analysis of the knowledge about the Armenian genocide is an important contribution to the fields of sociology, law, political science, and history. . . . His book enhances our understanding of how knowledge about mass crimes is shaped, disseminated, sedimented, denied, and acknowledged by contending parties."-- "Critical Inquiry"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Joachim J. Savelsberg</b> is Professor of Sociology and Law and holder of the Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Chair at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of <i>Representing Mass Violence: Conflicting Responses to Human Rights Violations in Darfur</i>.</p>
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