Hijos de desaparecidos, espiritualidad nueva era y literatura de autoayuda: Alejandro Corchs y el perdón como gestión de la tragedia colectiva.

Abstract

The victims of the last dictatorships in the southern cone generated movements of political, legal and humanitarian claim based on arguments of justice, human rights and punishment around the collective suffering.  Although less visible, there are also interpretations that present differences with the dominant positions. In that horizon we are interested in  the public discourse of the Uruguayan best-seller and spiritual leader Alejandro Corchs as an example of a New Age manner response to state political violence. Corchs has developed a biographical and testimonial reflection as a son of the disappeared of the Argentine and Uruguaian dictatorship, but also as a leader of  Camino Rojo spiritual movement and self-help writer, focused on the idea of healing wounds and reconciliation. This article explores the writings of Corchs about his personal experience as a direct victim, underlining the idea of forgiveness as a key concept.