- Title
- Troubling the troubled identities of victims and perpetrators in approaches to social justice:
- Creator
- Edlmann, Theresa
- Date Issued
- 2015
- Date
- 2015
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/143593
- Identifier
- vital:38265
- Identifier
- https://ischp.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/ischp_2015_abstract_booklet.pdf
- Description
- The terms “victim” and “perpetrator” have become an integral part of human rights-based language about systemic, political, sexual and interpersonal violence. This paper will argue that the terms “victim” and “perpetrator” reflect social constructs whose meaning and impact have shifted and changed over time, but that these evolutions have seldom been adequately interrogated or understood. In developing this argument, the paper will provide a brief historical outline of the emergence and use of these terms in social justice work since the mid-twentieth century, and explore the extent to which they comprise what narrative inquiry would call “discursive resources” which are often “troubled”. The paper will highlight the need for greater critical refection about the psychological, social and political discourses of identity that constellate around terms such as “victim” and “perpetrator”. It will also reflect on the conceptual underpinnings of contemporary mechanisms to address violence that these constructs and discourses give rise to.
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP)
- Relation
- Edlmann, T.., 2015. Troubling the troubled identities of victims and perpetrators in approaches to social justice. International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP). 9th Biennial Conference, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Relation
- International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP) volume 2015 number 0 2015
- Rights
- Publisher
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Rhodes University Proatia Statement (https://www.ru.ac.za//governance/proatia/)
- Hits: 346
- Visitors: 439
- Downloads: 106
Collections
RU Department of History
| Thumbnail | File | Description | Size | Format | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Details Download | SOURCE1 | 2015 International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP).pdf | 765 KB | Adobe Acrobat PDF | View Details Download |