How a Shattered Civil Religion is Rebuilt Through Contestation: Uruguay and the Legacy of Authoritarianism
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1 août 2016
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Civil religion authoritarianism human rights violations legal immunity judicial accountability contestationSujets proches
Eyesight Seeing Sight Obligation Accountability Moral responsibility Service of process Service of papers Abuse of process Process Responsibility (Law) Accountability Legal responsibility Responsibility, Legal Rights of man Basic rights Civil rights (International law) Human rights--Law and legislation Rights, Human Religion, CivilCiter ce document
LUIS RONIGER, « How a Shattered Civil Religion is Rebuilt Through Contestation: Uruguay and the Legacy of Authoritarianism », Revista de Ciencia Política (Santiago), ID : 10670/1.e1wwnp
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This articles analyzes how Uruguay, a country that historically grounded its collective identity on civil premises, attempted to reconstruct it after that vision was shattered by the mounting political violence of the 1960s-70s and the civilian-mi]itary dictatorship that ruled the country from 1973 to 1985. At the basis of this process, the article identifies the ongoing debates and demands by sectors of society to come to grips with the legacy of authoritarianism in a way that restored legal accountability, truth and justice as basic to core national principles. It claims that this process prompted a critical vision of earlier understandings, which has enabled the coexistence of opposing worldviews without eroding democracy, unlike in the past. The Uruguayan case is of particular comparative relevance for societies where contestation often spills over into political polarization, civil wars and human rights violations.