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Reconciliation, Civil Society, and the Politics of Memory
. Ed(S): Duranti, Marco; Schwelling, Birgit
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Paperback. Editor(s): Duranti, Marco; Schwelling, Birgit. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
How did civil society function as a locus for reconciliation initiatives since the beginning of the 20th century? The essays in this volume challenge the conventional understanding of reconciliation as a benign state-driven process. They explore how a range of civil society actors - from Turkish intellectuals apologizing for the Armenian Genocide to religious organizations working towards the improvement of Franco-German relations - have confronted and coped with the past. These studies offer a critical perspective on local and transnational reconciliation acts by questioning the extent to which speech became an alternative to silence, remembrance to forgetting, engagement to oblivion. ... Read more
How did civil society function as a locus for reconciliation initiatives since the beginning of the 20th century? The essays in this volume challenge the conventional understanding of reconciliation as a benign state-driven process. They explore how a range of civil society actors - from Turkish intellectuals apologizing for the Armenian Genocide to religious organizations working towards the improvement of Franco-German relations - have confronted and coped with the past. These studies offer a critical perspective on local and transnational reconciliation acts by questioning the extent to which speech became an alternative to silence, remembrance to forgetting, engagement to oblivion. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
Number of Pages
372
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837619317
SKU
V9783837619317
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About . Ed(S): Duranti, Marco; Schwelling, Birgit
Birgit Schwelling (Dr. habil.) is the Academic Director of the Research Group on »History and Memory« at the University of Konstanz, Germany.
Reviews for Reconciliation, Civil Society, and the Politics of Memory
»Der Sammelband [bietet] einen überzeugenden Einblick in Prozesse und Formen der ›transitional justice‹, die oft so gar nicht in das standardmäßige Repertoire auf diesem Gebiet passen wollen und unterstützt damit auch eine stärkere Berücksichtigung der lokalen und kulturellen Bezüge in Versuchen der Verarbeitung vergangener Verbrechen.« Julia Kling, Südost-Forschungen, 73 (2014) »Ein gelungener Sammelband, der mit der Breite seiner Beispiele ... Read more