UID:
almahu_9949282463802882
Format:
1 online resource (240 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-282-31103-4
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9786612311031
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1-4399-0056-6
Series Statement:
Politics, history, and social change
Content:
Political violence does not end with the last death. A common feature of mass murder has been the attempt at destroying any memory of victims, with the aim of eliminating them from history. Perpetrators seek not only to eliminate a perceived threat, but also to eradicate any possibility of alternate, competing social and national histories. In his timely and important book, Unchopping a Tree, Ernesto Verdeja develops a critical justification for why transitional justice works. He asks, "What is the balance between punishment and forgiveness? And, "What are the stakes in reconciling?" 〈B
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Theorizing Reconciliation; 2 Key Normative Concepts; 3 Political Society; 4 Institutional and Legal Responses: Trials and Truth Commissions; 5 Civil Society and Reconciliation; 6 Interpersonal Reconciliation; 7 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4399-0055-8
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4399-0054-X
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
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