Människor och monster : om politiskt våld ur förövarens perspektiv
(2013) MRSK30 20122Human Rights Studies
- Abstract
- Despite vast existing research on apartheid in South Africa, little is known about the perspective of those who got blamed for the comprehensive violence, those who thought of themselves as confident combatants and heroes, while others judged them as criminals. This study aspires to create a more nuanced picture of these men and focuses on the perpetrators self perception concerning the political violence. It examines the complex elements of individual responsibility, moral beliefs, indoctrination and self justification. The study is executed as a narrative analysis as it compares six different Amnesty hearings, held by the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The applied theoretical perspective rests on the assumption that... (More)
- Despite vast existing research on apartheid in South Africa, little is known about the perspective of those who got blamed for the comprehensive violence, those who thought of themselves as confident combatants and heroes, while others judged them as criminals. This study aspires to create a more nuanced picture of these men and focuses on the perpetrators self perception concerning the political violence. It examines the complex elements of individual responsibility, moral beliefs, indoctrination and self justification. The study is executed as a narrative analysis as it compares six different Amnesty hearings, held by the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The applied theoretical perspective rests on the assumption that most acts of political violence are a product of circumstances rather than individual inclinations. As great theorists have claimed this before, one of the premier purposes of this study was to test this theory in a narrow context. Further more the study only aspires to explain the social reality of these men according to themselves, and therefore no extensive research has been made regarding apartheid in general. The analysis raises important questions regarding whether it’s really appropriate to grant murderers amnesty as a reward for confessing their crimes. Most importantly these stories add further nuance to the term perpetrator and human behavior, which makes this study a part of the constantly growing body of research on understanding humanity and evil. (Less)
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- author
- Wittmann, Sofia LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MRSK30 20122
- year
- 2013
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- vittnesmål, indoktrinering, kombattant, Ondska, förövare, kommission, Human rights, Mänskliga rättigheter
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 3803239
- date added to LUP
- 2013-07-18 14:04:47
- date last changed
- 2014-09-04 08:27:43
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abstract = {{Despite vast existing research on apartheid in South Africa, little is known about the perspective of those who got blamed for the comprehensive violence, those who thought of themselves as confident combatants and heroes, while others judged them as criminals. This study aspires to create a more nuanced picture of these men and focuses on the perpetrators self perception concerning the political violence. It examines the complex elements of individual responsibility, moral beliefs, indoctrination and self justification. The study is executed as a narrative analysis as it compares six different Amnesty hearings, held by the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The applied theoretical perspective rests on the assumption that most acts of political violence are a product of circumstances rather than individual inclinations. As great theorists have claimed this before, one of the premier purposes of this study was to test this theory in a narrow context. Further more the study only aspires to explain the social reality of these men according to themselves, and therefore no extensive research has been made regarding apartheid in general. The analysis raises important questions regarding whether it’s really appropriate to grant murderers amnesty as a reward for confessing their crimes. Most importantly these stories add further nuance to the term perpetrator and human behavior, which makes this study a part of the constantly growing body of research on understanding humanity and evil.}},
author = {{Wittmann, Sofia}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Människor och monster : om politiskt våld ur förövarens perspektiv}},
year = {{2013}},
}