The Perfection of Democracy Cannot Dispense with Dealing with the Past
” Dictatorship, Memory, and the Politics of the Present in Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12810271 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Colin M Snider (0000-0001-5508-2793, The University of Texas at Tyler, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 55-79 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Latin Americanist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-2021 • E-ISSN: 1557-203X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/tla.12181 |
| OpenAlex | W2802955901 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 21 |
This article uses recent events in Brazil to argue for a consideration of the ways collective memory and transitional politics intersect with political life in the twenty-first century. Drawing on a wide array of phenomena – the creation and completion of Brazil's National Truth Commission, the 2013 protests, the 2016 impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, and more – this article considers the ways in which the military past continues to ripple into the present at the discursive, political, and social levels. In the process, I argue for an expanded approach to transitional politics that explores the ways in which memories, discourses, and policies from military regimes continue to shape politics, society, and discourse decades after militaries left power not just in Brazil, but throughout South America
Collective memory · Commission · Democracy · Dictatorship · Epistemology · Impeachment · Media studies · Perfection · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Politics of memory · Power (physics · Sociology · Brazilian cultural history and politics · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America · Politics and Society in Latin America
Democratizing Brazil
The politics of military rule in Brazil, 1964-85
The Politics of Postmemory
Truth Commissions and Transitional Societies
Reckoning with Pinochet
Human Rights in Latin America
The Post-dictatorship Generation in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay
State Repression and the Labors of Memory
Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation
The Legacy of Human Rights Violations in the Southern Cone
State Terrorism in Latin America
Student Mobilization, Higher Education, and the 2013 Protests in Brazil in Historical Perspective
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |