Melanie Altanian’s book The Epistemic Injustice of Genocide Denialism rethinks the relationship between dignity, truth, and memory in relation to genocide denial by adopting the framework of epistemic injustice. This framework performs two functions. First, it introduces normative vocabulary into genocide scholarship through which we can gain a better understanding of the normative impacts of genocide denial when it is institutionalized and systematic. Second, it enriches current scholarship on epistemic injustice with a further, underexplored case study: By focusing on the case of Turkey’s denialism of the Armenian genocide, the book shows the consequences of this kind of epistemic injustice for the victim group and society as a whole.
The book symposiua will take place in German on 22 November 2024, 18:15-20:00 in Peterhof, Raum 4. Please register at political_epistemology@ucf.uni-freiburg.de.
The discussion will be moderated by Frieder Vogelmann (University Freiburg)