Memory and corruption in the collor de mello case: the judgement of conviction as an expression of justice or vengeance

International Journal of Development Research

Volume: 
09
Article ID: 
15900
3 pages
Research Article

Memory and corruption in the collor de mello case: the judgement of conviction as an expression of justice or vengeance

Abstract: 

In this essay, we present results of the research developed in the ambit of the Research Group on Discourse Analysis (Grupo de PesquisaemAnálise de Discurso, or GPADis). We discuss the issue of corruption, both in relation to memory and vis-à-vis the act of judging, articulating the categories abuse of memory, sense of justice and spirit of vengeance. For this purpose, we turn our attention to the analysis of the case of former Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello, known as the Collor case, which can be considered paradigmatic in the conjugation of certain elements that evidence the functioning of the aforementioned concepts. The process of conducting a further analysis of this case is justified by the need to understand how the act of judging functions in contexts of abuse of memory, and also how this ultimate act of a judicial procedure can serve the purposes of justice or vengeance.

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