Abstract
Inspired in the existentialist philosophy of Albert Camus and the Netflix series, Hellbound, this article explores the problem of forced disappearance in Brazil, and the ways in which state-sanctioned attempts at imposing meaning onto this phenomenon can reduce the humanity of victims and bereaved.
Translated title of the contribution | Terribly Human: The violence of forced disappearance and our attempt at imposing meaning onto the world |
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Original language | Portuguese |
Specialist publication | Interesse Nacional |
Publication status | Published - 21 Jan 2023 |
Keywords
- Forced disappearance
- State violence
- existentialism
- Netflix
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