以救贖為名的政治暴力與記憶政治： 讀《有些人需要殺戮：在我的國家的謀殺回憶錄》
作者：賴奕諭（夏威夷大學馬諾阿分校人類學系博士候選人）
摘要：
本文透過回顧菲律賓記者派翠西亞・伊凡吉莉絲塔於2023年出版的回憶錄《有些人需要殺戮》（2023）一書，檢視菲律賓在前總統杜特蒂政權反毒戰爭影響下的政治效應，以及因為暴力所形塑而來的社會關係與條件如何回應當前菲律賓社會對於記憶、歷史及其詮釋權的討論。同時，本文透過比較其他相關作品的視野，試圖將回憶錄中所呈現的個案放回到菲律賓政治暴力的發展脈絡中。這樣的比較分析旨在凸顯菲律賓在政治暴力研究中的一些重要課題，並嘗試指出在這樣的基礎上還能再有哪些未來可以持續關注的方向。
關鍵字
菲律賓、杜特蒂、政治暴力、反毒戰爭、記憶政治
Political Violence and Memory Politics in the Name of Redemption: Reading Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country
Author：Yi-yu Lai（PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa）
Abstract：
This paper examines the ramifications of the war on drugs during the Duterte administration (2016-2022) in the Philippines. It scrutinizes how the social dynamics and circumstances moulded by violence interact with ongoing discussions in Philippine society regarding memory, history, and their interpretations. Through analysing Patricia Evangelista’s memoir Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country (2023) alongside other relevant works, this paper aims to contextualize the depicted cases within the broader framework of political violence in the Philippines. By doing so, it seeks to shed light on pivotal issues in the study of political violence in the Philippines and identify potential future research directions.
Keywords
Philippines, Duterte, political violence, war on drugs, memory politics