The cultural dimension of peace : decentralization and reconciliation in Indonesia / Birgit Bräuchler
"The Cultural Dimension of Peace and Reconciliation outlines an emerging cultural turn in Peace Studies. Taking an anthropological view of decentralization and peace processes in Indonesia as its central focus, it provides an informed understanding of the cultural dimension of reconciliation th...
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Place / Publishing House: | Basingstoke [u.a.] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Edition: | 1. publ. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Rethinking peace and conflict studies
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Physical Description: | XXII, 259 S.; Ill. |
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Summary: | "The Cultural Dimension of Peace and Reconciliation outlines an emerging cultural turn in Peace Studies. Taking an anthropological view of decentralization and peace processes in Indonesia as its central focus, it provides an informed understanding of the cultural dimension of reconciliation that is essential for the reintegration of societies that have undergone mass violence and long-lasting conflict. Bräuchler's study warns of one-sided instrumentalization or harmonization theories, and promotes a critical stance towards the use of 'culture', 'tradition' and 'the local' in peacebuilding. Her focus is on intra-state violence between groups defined by ethnicity, religion or other sub-national (or transnational) collective identities. Based on multi-sited and multi-temporal ethnographic fieldwork, this book develops an approach that opens up spaces and sets a new standard for Peace and Conflict Studies and the anthropology of peace"-- |
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ISBN: | 9781137504340 113750434X |
ac_no: | AC12678376 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Birgit Bräuchler |