Papers by Irene Gantxegi Madina
Recognizing Victims of Political Violence: Basque Literary Narratives as an Ethical Tool, 2018
Adopting an ethical approach to education that focuses on the
perspective of victims, this articl... more Adopting an ethical approach to education that focuses on the
perspective of victims, this article analyzes some of the difficulties of
acknowledging the victims of political violence in the Basque
Country. It conceptualizes these difficulties as pathologies of
recognition and argues that works of literary fiction have humanizing
and educational value insofar as they reflect the victim’s perspective
and foster the reader’s ethical education through narrative
imagination. As a critical example, the article provides an analysis of
four Basque literary works of fiction that respond to the pathologies
of recognition as they narrate various acts of victimization. The
transformative potential of working with literature that tells stories of
victimization for politically violent conflicts in the Basque Country and
elsewhere is highlighted.
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Papers by Irene Gantxegi Madina
perspective of victims, this article analyzes some of the difficulties of
acknowledging the victims of political violence in the Basque
Country. It conceptualizes these difficulties as pathologies of
recognition and argues that works of literary fiction have humanizing
and educational value insofar as they reflect the victim’s perspective
and foster the reader’s ethical education through narrative
imagination. As a critical example, the article provides an analysis of
four Basque literary works of fiction that respond to the pathologies
of recognition as they narrate various acts of victimization. The
transformative potential of working with literature that tells stories of
victimization for politically violent conflicts in the Basque Country and
elsewhere is highlighted.
perspective of victims, this article analyzes some of the difficulties of
acknowledging the victims of political violence in the Basque
Country. It conceptualizes these difficulties as pathologies of
recognition and argues that works of literary fiction have humanizing
and educational value insofar as they reflect the victim’s perspective
and foster the reader’s ethical education through narrative
imagination. As a critical example, the article provides an analysis of
four Basque literary works of fiction that respond to the pathologies
of recognition as they narrate various acts of victimization. The
transformative potential of working with literature that tells stories of
victimization for politically violent conflicts in the Basque Country and
elsewhere is highlighted.