The Epistemic Violence of Transitional Justice: A View from Sri Lanka
The Epistemic Violence of Transitional Justice: A View from Sri Lanka
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过渡时期司法的认知暴力：斯里兰卡的观点
DOI：
10.1093/ijtj/ijad016
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发表时间：
2023
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Grewal K
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作者：
Grewal K
在本文中，我探讨了战后斯里兰卡过渡司法的失败。对于大多数评论家来说，这可以简单地用缺乏政治意愿来解释。然而，我认为，除了斯里兰卡的过渡正义之外，还有一个认知暴力的故事。这是过度依赖抽象的、普遍主义的自由民主理论的结果，这种理论不仅未能正确把握过渡正义提出地点的历史、文化和社会政治特殊性，而且未能正确把握过渡正义本身的概念基础。结果，转型正义在复制殖民类别的同时，也对殖民遗产打折扣。就斯里兰卡而言，这导致未能充分理解和解决冲突的根源，也无法看到和利用资源进行和解、赔偿和补救。
In this article I explore the failures of transitional justice in post-war Sri Lanka. For most commentators this is simply explained in terms of a lack of political will. However, I argue that beyond this transitional justice in Sri Lanka is a story of epistemic violence. This is a result of its over-reliance on abstract, universalist liberal democratic theory that fails to properly grasp the historical, cultural and socio-political specificity not just of the locations where transitional justice is proposed but of the conceptual foundation of transitional justice itself. As a result, transitional justice simultaneously discounts colonial legacies while reproducing colonial categories. In the case of Sri Lanka this has resulted in a failure to fully understand and address the root causes of conflict and an inability to see and draw upon resources for reconciliation, reparation and redress.