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Abstract
En los últimos años se está produciendo un creciente interés por el estudio de los victimarios. A diferencia de la víctima, el verdugo no suele testimoniar por voluntad propia, y si lo hace normalmente es para exonerarse de responsabilidad. Esta actitud plantea elproblema de la voz enunciativa del victimario. Este artículo proponeque la tarea de conocer acerca la identidad del perpetrador perfila un terreno para el intercambio entre la reflexión y la imaginación: el esbozo interdisciplinar de una antropología del verdugo. A través del tratamiento de este asunto en Las benévolasde Jonathan Littell, el texto muestra un ejemplo de cómo la literatura de ficción ofrece un marco para reflexionar acerca de las motivaciones de los perpetradores a partir de su actitud ante el testimonio. El objetivo último del artículo es no obstante señalar las dificultades que rodean la comprensión de los victimarios en el caso concreto de la guerra española de 1936–39 y sus secuelas. La reflexión sobre este asunto lleva a concluir que los problemas de conocimiento del perpetrador están menos en el objeto de estudio que en el propio observador.
There is a growing interest in the study of perpetrators. As opposed to victims, victimizers tend not to be willing to testify, and when they do they exonerate themselves from responsi-bility. This attitude poses the issue of the voice of the perpetrator. This article claims that the task of knowing about the identity of the victimizer offers a terrain for exchanges between reflection and imagination: the interdisciplinary outline of an anthropology of the perpetrator. Through the approach to this issue in The Kindly Onesby Jonathan Littell, the text shows an example of how fiction offers a framework for reflecting on the rationale of perpetrators by focusing on their attitude towards testimony. The final goal of the article is nevertheless to point out the difficulties surrounding the understanding of the victimizers in the case of the Spanish 1936–39 war and its sequels. Reflection on this issue leads to conclude that problemsin the knowledge about the perpetrator are less in the object of study and rather more in the observer
There is a growing interest in the study of perpetrators. As opposed to victims, victimizers tend not to be willing to testify, and when they do they exonerate themselves from responsi-bility. This attitude poses the issue of the voice of the perpetrator. This article claims that the task of knowing about the identity of the victimizer offers a terrain for exchanges between reflection and imagination: the interdisciplinary outline of an anthropology of the perpetrator. Through the approach to this issue in The Kindly Onesby Jonathan Littell, the text shows an example of how fiction offers a framework for reflecting on the rationale of perpetrators by focusing on their attitude towards testimony. The final goal of the article is nevertheless to point out the difficulties surrounding the understanding of the victimizers in the case of the Spanish 1936–39 war and its sequels. Reflection on this issue leads to conclude that problemsin the knowledge about the perpetrator are less in the object of study and rather more in the observer
Original language | Spanish |
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Pages (from-to) | 167-183 |
Journal | Revista de estudios sobre el pasado conflictivo de sociedades y culturas contemporáneas |
Volume | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- teoría de la identidad
- victimarios
- víctimas
- epistemología
- valoración moral
- Guerra Civil española
- reconocimiento
- Léon Degrelle
- represión
- Jonathan Littell
- Ernesto Giménez Caballero
- victimizers
- victims
- epistemology
- moral evaluation
- identity theory
- recognition
- Spanish Civil War
- repression
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Younger Generations, Older Tragedies
Pablo Sánchez Léon (Invited speaker)
26 Sept 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Master de Titulación Propia
Pablo Sánchez Léon (Invited speaker)
10 Jun 2023 → 20 Jun 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Bulletin Hispanique (Journal)
Pablo Sánchez Léon (Peer reviewer)
10 Jan 2023 → 30 Jan 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review