HUMAN RIGHTS AND MEMORY IN ARGENTINA

This course examines both philosophical topics in human rights and the history and politics of human rights in Argentina, specifically during the military dictatorship and the democratic transition. Philosophical topics include: analysis of human rights, genocide, and torture; competing philosophical justifications; feminist theory and women's human rights. Historical topics include: a survey of Argentine political history; Argentine state violence; other social actors in the violation of human rights; the lexicon and discourse of violence and how they shaped the body politic; transitional justice; the role and morphology of collective memory; gender in human rights violations.