Recovering from State Terror
The Morning After in Latin America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7905993 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alison Brysk (0000-0002-0789-7143, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 238-247 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Research Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8791 • E-ISSN: 1542-4278 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/lar.2003.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W1966183821 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
In Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden, an individual victim of shattering human rights violations serves as a metaphor for her entire society, as she struggles to recover truth, justice, and stability. Her anguished confrontation with the vagaries of memory, the temptations of vengeance, and the limits of pacted transitions mirrors the political history reflected in these works (Dorfman 1991). In a similar spirit, in the immediate aftermath of Latin America's democratic transitions I suggested that the "emerging democracies"—then lauded by U.S. policymakers and some "transitologists"—were more appropriately labeled "recovering authoritarians" (Brysk 1994). The individual [End Page 238] analogy of "recovering alcoholics" was intended to highlight the ongoing legacy of decades of abusive and pathological behavior, which cannot be overcome until it is confronted, and restructured on a daily basis—with the help of broader support networks. The works under review, and the experience of the intervening decade, sadly confirm that Latin America is a hemisphere populated by "recovering authoritarians," and demonstrate the challenges and pitfalls of amnesia and impunity
Amnesia · Authoritarianism · Cognitive psychology · Criminology · Democracy · Impunity · Latin Americans · Metaphor · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Theology · Latin American Literature Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2011 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |