RECONCILIATION, MEMORY AND FORGETTING: POLITICAL AND ETHICAL DILEMMAS. THE CASE OF CHILE

Authors

  • Elizabeth Lira Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Santiago De Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/pl.v30i1.8706

Keywords:

Peace-building, Vulnerable groups, Political and ethical dilemmas, Chile

Abstract

This paper reflects on some questions on political and psychosocial dilemmas of political reconciliation in Chile. In the political transition period in Chile and in most of the Latin American countries there has been much discussion about truth, justice, social reparation, reconciliation, impunity, memory, overcoming memory, and suppressing memory. These are simultaneously political and sociopsychological problems, for individuals and for societies. It has been necessary to integrate in a more explicit way the connections between psychology and politics, between private stories, testimonies, and sociopolitical history.

Author Biography

Elizabeth Lira, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Santiago De Chile

Elizabeth Lira, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Santiago De Chile

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Published

2009-07-31

How to Cite

Lira, E. (2009). RECONCILIATION, MEMORY AND FORGETTING: POLITICAL AND ETHICAL DILEMMAS. THE CASE OF CHILE. Psyke & Logos, 30(1), 9. https://doi.org/10.7146/pl.v30i1.8706