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OverviewWhen the regime led by Slobodan Milošević came to an end in October 2000, expectations for social transformation in Serbia and the rest of the Balkans were high. The international community declared that an era of human rights had begun, while domestic actors hoped that the conditions that had made a violent dictatorship possible could be eliminated. More than a decade after the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia initiated the process of bringing violators of international humanitarian law to justice, significant legal precedents and facts have been established, yet considerable gaps in the historical record, along with denial and disagreements, continue to exist in the public memory of the Yugoslav wars. Guilt, Responsibility, and Denial sets out to trace the political, social, and moral challenges that Serbia faced from 2000 onward, offering an empirically rich and theoretically broad account of what was demanded of the country's citizens as well its political leadership—and how these challenges were alternately confronted and ignored. Eric Gordy makes extensive use of Serbian media to capture the internal debate surrounding the legacy of the country's war crimes, providing one of the first studies to examine international institutional efforts to build a set of public memories alongside domestic Serbian political reaction. By combining news accounts, courtroom transcripts, online discussions, and his own field research, Gordy explores how the conflicts and crimes that were committed under Milošević came to be understood by the people of Serbia and, more broadly, how projects of transitional justice affect the ways society faces issues of guilt and responsibility. In charting the legal, political, and cultural forces that shape public memory, Guilt, Responsibility, and Denial promises to become a standard resource for studies of Serbia as well as the workings of international and domestic justice in dealing with the aftermath of war crimes. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Eric GordyPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.522kg ISBN: 9780812245356ISBN 10: 0812245350 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 30 August 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Preface Chapter 1. Guilt and Responsibility: Problems, History, and Law Chapter 2. The Formation of Public Opinion: Serbia in 2001 Chapter 3. Moment I: The Leader Is Not Invincible Chapter 4. Approaches to Guilt Chapter 5. Moment II: The Djindjić Murder, from Outrage to Confusion Chapter 6. Denial, Avoidance, Shifts of Context: From Denial to Responsibility in Eleven Steps Chapter 7. Moment III: The ""Scorpions"" and the Refinement of Denial Chapter 8. Nonmoments: Milošević, Karadžić, Šešelj, and Mladić Chapter 9. Politics and Culture in Approaching the Past Notes Bibliography Index"ReviewsA much needed and original contribution. Gordy provides a richness and depth that not only contextualizes but also shines a light on the way the international aspect of the issue of justice affects and is affected by cultural and societal factors. -Chip Gagnon, author of The Myth of Ethnic War: Serbia and Croatia in the 1990s Hands-down the best book on political memory and responsibility in the Balkans. No one has read the domestic press as closely; Gordy does not essentialize the field of public memory but rather looks for disagreement and diversity. -Julie Mertus, American University <p> Hands-down the best book on political memory and responsibility in the Balkans. No one has read the domestic press as closely; Gordy does not essentialize the field of public memory but rather looks for disagreement and diversity. --Julie Mertus, American University Author InformationEric Gordy is a Senior Lecturer in Southeast European Politics at the School of Slavonic and East European Politics, University College London. He is author of The Culture of Power in Serbia: Nationalism and the Destruction of Alternatives. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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