Sheinin, David.

Consent of the damned : ordinary Argentinians in the dirty war / Additional title: Consent of the damned : the quiet acceptance of human rights abuses from dictatorship to democracy David M.K. Sheinin. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (x, 216 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: How unpopular was the Argentine dictatorship? -- Dictatorship, media, and message -- "A correct, hermeneutic reading": fantasies of a constitutional coup and the promotion of indigenous -- Rights -- The Frank War, the fabrication of an ongoing menace, and the Jews -- Democracy and the (re)shaping of human rights politics -- Finding a cynical center -- Epilogue: Saving Jorge Omar Merengo.

An examination of the way the Argentinian military dictatorship was able to commit human rights abuses because it was abetted by the willingness of Argentine civilians to either ignore or either assist their perpetration.



9780813042596 9780813043005


Political persecution--History--Argentina--20th century.
National socialism--Moral and ethical aspects--Argentina.
Political violence--History--Argentina--20th century.
Human rights--History--Argentina--20th century.


Electronic Books.

F2849 / .C667 2012