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The Historiographic Perversion
Marc Nichanian
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Description for The Historiographic Perversion
Hardback. Translator(s): Anidjar, Gil. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 424.
Genocide is a matter of law. It is also a matter of history. Engaging some of the most disturbing responses to the Armenian genocide, Marc Nichanian strikingly reveals the complex role played by law and history in making this and other genocides endure as contentious events. Nichanian's book argues that both law and history fail to contend with the very nature of events for which there is no archive (no documents, no witnesses). Both history and law fail to address the modern reality that events can be--and are now being--perpetrated that depend upon the destruction of the archive, turning ... Read more
Genocide is a matter of law. It is also a matter of history. Engaging some of the most disturbing responses to the Armenian genocide, Marc Nichanian strikingly reveals the complex role played by law and history in making this and other genocides endure as contentious events. Nichanian's book argues that both law and history fail to contend with the very nature of events for which there is no archive (no documents, no witnesses). Both history and law fail to address the modern reality that events can be--and are now being--perpetrated that depend upon the destruction of the archive, turning ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231149082
SKU
V9780231149082
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About Marc Nichanian
Marc Nichanian is a philosopher and literary critic who has taught in the United States, France, Italy, Turkey, and Armenia. He is the author of a history of the Armenian language and of a multivolume study of modern Armenian literature entitled Entre l'art et le temoignage, volume 1 of which, Writers of Disaster (The National Revolution) appeared in English in ... Read more
Reviews for The Historiographic Perversion
I have no doubt Marc Nichanian's book will gain a wide, even popular, audience. It is a philosophical book, but it also constitutes a very personal, emotional plea for the pursuit of thinking on questions that are ever more crucial.
Avital Ronell, professor of German, comparative literature, and English, New York University A powerful and personal book, it displays, ... Read more
Avital Ronell, professor of German, comparative literature, and English, New York University A powerful and personal book, it displays, ... Read more