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The injustice of genocide denial is commonly understood as a violation of the dignity of victims, survivors and their descendants, and further described as an assault on truth and memory. This book rethinks the relationship between dignity, truth and memory in relation to genocide denial by adopting the framework of epistemic injustice

The injustice of genocide denial is commonly understood as a violation of the dignity of victims, survivors, and their descendants, and further described as an assault on truth and memory. This book rethinks the normative relationship between dignity, truth, and memory in relation to genocide denial by adopting the framework of epistemic injustice.

This framework performs two functions. First, it introduces constructive normative vocabulary into genocide scholarship through which we can gain a better understanding of the normative impacts of genocide denial when it is institutionalized and systematic. Second, it develops and enriches current scholarship on epistemic injustice with a further, underexplored case study. Genocide denialism is relevant for political and social epistemology, as it presents a substantive epistemic practice that distorts normativity and social reality in ways that maintain domination. This generates pervasive ignorance that makes denial rather than recognition of genocide appear as the morally and epistemically right thing to do. By focusing on the prominent case of Turkey's denialism of the Armenian genocide, the book shows the serious consequences of this kind of epistemic injustice for the victim group and society as a whole.

The Epistemic Injustice of Genocide Denialism will appeal to students and scholars working in social, political, and applied epistemology, social and political philosophy, genocide studies, Armenian studies, and memory studies.

The injustice of genocide denial is commonly understood as a violation of the dignity of victims, survivors, and their descendants, and further described as an assault on truth and memory. This book rethinks the normative relationship between dignity, truth, and memory in relation to genocide denial by adopting the framework of epistemic injustice. This framework performs two functions. First, it introduces constructive normative vocabulary into genocide scholarship through which we can gain a better understanding of the normative impacts of genocide denial when it is institutionalized and systematic. Second, it develops and enriches current scholarship on epistemic injustice with a further, underexplored case study. Genocide denialism is relevant for political and social epistemology, as it presents a substantive epistemic practice that distorts normativity and social reality in ways that maintain domination. This generates pervasive ignorance that makes denial rather than recognition of genocide appear as the morally and epistemically right thing to do. By focusing on the prominent case of Turkey's denialism of the Armenian genocide, the book shows the serious consequences of this kind of epistemic injustice for the victim group and society as a whole. The Epistemic Injustice of Genocide Denialism will appeal to students and scholars working in social, political, and applied epistemology, social and political philosophy, genocide studies, Armenian studies, and memory studies.

Intro -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Herausgeber- und Autorenverzeichnis -- Einleitung -- Kriegsverbrechen - Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit - Völkermord? Zeitgenössische Völkerrechtler und die Deportation der christlichen Minderheiten in Anatolien während des Ersten Weltkrieges -- Das internationale Recht im Krieg und die Ahndung von Verstößen gegen dessen Normen vor 1914 -- Völkerrechtsverstöße und ihre Bezeichnung im Ersten Weltkrieg -- Gelehrte und Rechtswissenschaftler im Umgang mit den Verbrechen an den Armeniern und anderen christlichen Minderheiten im Osmanischen Reich ab 1915 -- Diskussionen im Umfeld der Prozesse in Istanbul und der Pariser Friedenskonferenz -- Fazit -- Literatur -- Assimilating Armenians, 1915-1917 -- Formulating a Policy -- No Escape -- Orphanages -- Property -- Muslim Opposition -- Exemptions -- Catholics and Protestants -- Military Families -- The Remaining Rest -- Keeping Track -- Conclusion -- References -- Diskrepanzen, Erfolge und Desiderate in der wissenschaftlichen, juristischen und gesellschaftlichen Aufarbeitung von Genozid-'Altfällen': Eine komparative Analyse -- 'Altfälle' von Völkermord -- Juristische und politische "Bewältigung" -- Kein Thema für die deutsche Wissenschaft -- Literatur -- Modern Germany and the Annihilation of the Ottoman Armenians: A Note on the Political Avowal of Shame and Guilt -- What does a Constitutional Body do When it Makes an Avowal of Shame or Guilt? -- Shame and Guilt -- German Reasons for Shame and Guilt -- The Reich Chancellor and 'us' -- References -- Die Schuld der Väter (er)tragen wir (nicht): Das unheimliche Erbe und seine Folgen -- Schuldverstrickungen und Gefühlserbschaft -- Motive der Abwehr und Verleugnung -- Die Verleugnung kollektiver Verbrechen und ihre Folgen -- Wiederentdeckung und Abwehr des Völkermords in der türkischen Gesellschaft.

"Considering the value of archives for dealing with the past processes, especially for the establishment of collective memory and identity, this paper discusses the role of archives in situations of conflicting memories such as in the case of the official Turkish denial of the Armenian genocide. A crucial problem of Turkish-Armenian reconciliation are the divergent perceptions of what to consider as proper 'evidence', i.e. as objective, reliable, impartial or trustworthy sources of knowledge in order to prove the Armenian genocide. The aim of this paper is to show how in a general atmosphere of distrust or prejudiced credibility judgments, even technically reliable archival records will be perceived as unreliable and biased, lacking any evidentiary status to factually prove a genocide which is categorically denied. Therefore, this working paper discusses how claims to reliability, objectivity and other similar scientifically and epistemically relevant attributes are understood in archival science as well as memory studies, and emphasizes the problems related to their instrumentalization by political actors within the context of genocide denialism. The Turkish-Armenian context promises many important empirical as well as theoretical insights on the uses and misuses of these attributes, suggesting that measures ought to be taken beforehand to decrease intergroup prejudice and distrust toward the 'other', so that archives can be effective in the truth-finding process." (author's abstract)

"Considering the value of archives for dealing with the past processes, especially for the establishment of collective memory and identity, this paper discusses the role of archives in situations of conflicting memories such as in the case of the official Turkish denial of the Armenian genocide. A crucial problem of Turkish-Armenian reconciliation are the divergent perceptions of what to consider as proper 'evidence', i.e. as
objective, reliable, impartial or trustworthy sources of knowledge in order to prove the Armenian genocide. The aim of this paper is to show how in a general atmosphere of distrust or prejudiced credibility judgments, even technically reliable archival records will be perceived as unreliable and biased, lacking any evidentiary status to factually prove a genocide which is categorically denied. Therefore, this working paper discusses how claims to reliability, objectivity and other similar scientifically and epistemically relevant
attributes are understood in archival science as well as memory studies, and emphasizes the problems
related to their instrumentalization by political actors within the context of genocide denialism. The Turkish-Armenian context promises many important empirical as well as theoretical insights on the uses and misuses of these attributes, suggesting that measures ought to be taken beforehand to decrease intergroup prejudice and distrust toward the 'other', so that archives can be effective in the truth-finding process." (author's abstract)