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The (Non)Political Taboo: Why Democracies Ban Holocaust Denial

In: Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review, vol. 49, no. 6
Max Steuer
Detaily:
Rok, strany: 2019, 673 - 693
Kľúčové slová:
Freedom of speech; Holocaust denial; justifications; parliamentary discourse; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary
Typ článku: štúdia / study
O článku:
The (Non)Political Taboo: Why Democracies Ban Holocaust Denial. This article unpacks the controversy that surrounds criminal law restrictions on Holocaust denial in democracies. By applying insights from postmodernist and post-structuralist theories on amendments of criminal legislation in three Central European democracies, I aim to understand the interplay between politics and truth in introducing legal bans on Holocaust denial. Through a comparative analysis of parliamentary discourse, I demonstrate that the various justifications in favor of such bans all postulate that truth should be separated from politics. In turn, this effort to transform the Holocaust into a taboo outside of politics has consequences on the nature of its remembrance. Sociológia 2017, Vol. 49 (No. 6: 673-693)
Ako citovať:
ISO 690:
Steuer, M. 2019. The (Non)Political Taboo: Why Democracies Ban Holocaust Denial. In Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review, vol. 49, no.6, pp. 673-693. 0049-1225.

APA:
Steuer, M. (2019). The (Non)Political Taboo: Why Democracies Ban Holocaust Denial. Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review, 49(6), 673-693. 0049-1225.
O vydaní:
Publikované: 2. 9. 2019