Unchopping a tree : : reconciliation in the aftermath of political violence / / Ernesto Verdeja.
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...
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| Superior document: | Politics, history, and social change |
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Politics, history, and social change.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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