Reconciliation without history : state crime and state punishment in Chile and Australia

Peter Read

Reconciliation without history : state crime and state punishment in Chile and Australia

Peter Read

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Abstract

Chile in the 1990s struggled to confront the brutal oppression of the left during the Pinochet years (1973–1990). In the same period, Australia struggled to confront the brutal persecution of its Indigenous minority, especially the Stolen Generations (1788–1970s). My paper asks: did the enquiries into state repression by the two nations encourage or impede national understandings of their pasts? Did they lead to national reconciliation? Do we expect too much of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions?

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Passionate Histories: Myth, Memory and Indigenous Australia
Editors	Frances Peters-Little, Ann Curthoys, John Docker
Place of Publication	Canberra, A.C.T.
Publisher	ANU E Press and Aboriginal History Incorporated
Pages	281-298
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9781921666650
ISBN (Print)	9781921666643
Publication status	Published - 2010

Keywords

reconciliation
state crimes
oppression (psychology)
Chile
Australia

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