Elements of Peruvian necropolitics
The death of Abimael Guzmán and the discarding of 'terrorist' remains
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 4531352 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Valérie Robin Azevedo (0000-0001-6883-0295, Université Paris Cité, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2025 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Fascículo | 1 |
| Páginas | 88-105 |
| Data de publicação | 2025-05-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Human Remains and Violence An Interdisciplinary Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 2054-2240 • E-ISSN: 2054-2240 |
| Editora | Manchester University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.7227/hrv.11.1.5 |
| OpenAlex | W4410892679 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 7 |
In Peru, in September 2021, the death in prison of Abimael Guzmán, founder of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and the issue of the 'terrorist's' funeral represented the climax of media and political indignation. The State therefore proceeded to dispose of the unwelcome remains, revealing that funeral rites for subversives and public mourning for their families are hardly conceivable here. This article shows how the denial of funerals and burials has been legitimised by a complex process of exclusion, dehumanisation and even discarding of the deceased's body. It examines the trajectory of Guzmán's mortal remains to shed light on the necropolitical dimension of the Peruvian State's actions. In a country supposed to be a post-conflict one, the implementation of a public policy of dignified burial coexists with the deprivation of funerals and even of a grave for some of the former actors of the internal armed conflict, various logics of disqualification playing a key role in these practices of funerary segregation
Criminology · Political science · Terrorism · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Psychology
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
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| Altamente citado | Não |