Victims and Victimhood
Individuals of Inaction or Active Agents of Change? Reflections on Fieldwork in Afghanistan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12915490 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Huma Saeed (0000-0001-9467-9496, Institute of Criminology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 168-178 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-26 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Transitional Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-7716 • E-ISSN: 1752-7724 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ijtj/ijv032 |
| OpenAlex | W2274233789 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 2 |
1 The question of victims and victimhood is a rarely addressed dilemma in transitional justice (TJ) discourse and practice. It is a complex and subjective term whose meaning seems to lie in the eye of the beholder. The concept is further complicated in multilayered political contexts that have had many regime changes. Given that the term is embedded in a country’s cultural, economic and social context, it is thus also political. The bigger question that arises then is whether to look at ‘victims’ and ‘victimhood’ as passive individuals or as active agents of change. This is arguably the quintessential question raised by a rights-based approach. Reflecting on my fieldwork in Kabul with war victims since 2008, I argue that this approach can play an important role in TJ discourse and practice in relation to victims
Context (archaeology · Criminology · Dilemma · Economic Justice · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Meaning (existential · Political science · Politics · Relation (database · Sociology · Term (time · Transitional justice · Military History and Strategy · Peacebuilding and International Security · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · History · Law · Philosophy
Navigating Non-Transition
From ‘Victim’ to ‘Survivor’
Funken von Gerechtigkeit, Funken von Leben. Siege feiern im Kampf für Gerechtigkeit und Frieden in Afghanistan
Good Victims
Might Makes Right
The uses of victimhood as a hegemonic meta-narrative in eastern Europe
International ‘Victim-centred’ Justice and the Crisis of Legitimacy
A context-based model for framing political victimhood
When Rabbits are in Charge of Carrots
| Citations per year | 0.9 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |