Naslov
Deconstruction of 'Scientifically Based Injustices': About Post-War Traumatized Populations of 'Spoilers' in Croatia

Autori
Cvikić, Sandra

Izvornik
Sociologija.Časopis za sociologiju, socijalnu psihologiju i socijalnu antropologiju (0038-0318) 61 (2019), 5; 697-717

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
scientifically based injustices, traumatized populations, Croatia, 'spoilers'
(scientifically based injustices, traumatized populations, Croatia, 'spoilers)

Sažetak
Contemporary Croatian social reality is determined by the epistemological and policy frameworks developed to understand and care for the post-war Yugoslav 'traumatized citizens'. Knowledge produced in that respect exerts powerful influence on citizen's lives thus subjecting them to detrimental effects of scientifically designed conceptual frameworks and discursive practices of conducted research (Hass, 2001).So far, researched 'transitional life' in post-communist/post-war Croatia is rooted in 'knowledge power structures' meticulously developed inside transitional justice academic and policy works on former Yugoslav societies enabling continuous production of 'scientifically based injustices' (De Genova et al, 2016). Therefore, the main objective in this paper is to examine knowledge production about Croatian 'transitional society' and 'traumatized populations' and how its discursive construction of the new 'Other' - 'spoilers' (Fisher, 2011) is scientifically rooted in 'transitional justice' policy application (Leebaw, 2005).Thereby, a selection of transitional justice scholarly works on Croatia and the Western Balkans along with documents produced by the international organizations/institutions in the period 1997- 2017 are studied. Foucauldian discourse analysis (Klos-Czerowinska, 2015) coupled with his (2003, 2007) and Agamben's (1998, 2005) understanding of the post-modern European society are used to 'deconstruct' (Janks, 2005) 'scientifically based injustices' produced about post-war traumatized populations of 'spoilers' in Croatia.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

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