CIAO DATE: 06/2008
February 2008
CONfines de Relaciones Internacionales y Ciencia Política
The claim for “memory” and “justice” regarding the crimes of the last military dictatorship took a central place in the agenda of Argentina’s former president N. Kirchner (2003 - 2007). The purpose of this work is to analyze the tensions and complexities entailed in any process of construction of a collective memory within democracy: What is the role of the authority and the political decision? How can we find common tolerance principles to establish the limits of the political community? Finally, we wonder about the theoretical and practical possibility of justice, tolerance and pluralism in democracy and, particularly, about the main challenges faced by the Argentinean democracy in order to become a consolidated political community.
Resource link: Justicia y decisión en el discurso presidencial argentino sobre la memoria (2003-2007) [PDF] - 338K