Justified Violence Hana Haskova An era preoccupied with memory

An era preoccupied with memory thus begins with the memorial projects of 9/11 and ends with the radical intervention of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice

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Justified Violence Hana Haskova An era preoccupied with memoryIn Justified Violence: The Myth of the Vigilante Hero in American Culture, Erik Mortensen investigates how the figure of the vigilante hero continues to shape a culture of violence in America. Moving beyond popular understandings of vigilantes as mere outlaws or folk heroes, Mortensen redefines the vigilante as a contextual figure rooted in the deep structures of American mythmaking an archetype that has not been fully examined by previous