A volume in the series pennsylvania studies in human rights view table of contents lemarchands forgotten genocides is an excellent contemporary compilation of significant authors contributing to the growing academic consciousness on genocide this is achieved by focusing their intellectual arts on less known acts of mass violence . Forgotten genocides oblivion denial and memorygathers eight essays about genocidal conflicts that are unremembered and as a consequence understudied the contributors scholars in political science anthropology history and other fields seek to restore these mass killings to the place they deserve in the public consciousness. Africa or forgotten rendous tortures on their suspected enemies6 work on memory history and oblivion paul ricoeur refers to thwarted download forgotten genocides oblivion denial and memory pennsylvania studies in human rights pdf by renc lemarchand human rights english oblivion denial and memory ediied by ren lemarchand. Forgotten genocides oblivion de nial and memory ren lemarchand ed university of pennsylvania press 2011 224 pages isbn 978 0 8122 4335 2 noted holocaust survivor author and commentator elie wiesel famously ob served what hurts the victim most is not the physical cruelty of the oppressor but the silence of the bystander . Forgotten genocides oblivion denial and memory ren lemarchand ed university of pennsylvania press 2011 224 224 pages isbn 978 0 8122 4335 2 noted holocaust survivor author and commentator elie wiesel famously observed what hurts the victim most is not the physical cruelty of the oppressor but the silence of the bystander