Author

Contributions

  • Biggar, Nigel. - Contributor

Publication

2003 - Georgetown University Press, Washington, D.C, District of Columbia

Language

English

Word Count

87,500 words, Guess

Page Count

350 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
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  • LibraryThing2561649

Classifications

  • DDC303.6/9
  • LCCJC578 .B87 2003

Description

"This newly expanded and updated edition addresses the concept of a redemptive burying of the past. It advocates that the events of September 11, 2001 should be approached as a transnational model of conflict - and suggests that justice can be better understood if we will undertake the essential task of locating the sources of hostility, valid or not, toward the West." "Burying the Past asks these question: How do newly democratic nations put to rest the conflicts of the past? Is granting forgiveness a politically viable choice for those in power? Should justice be restorative or retributive? Beginning with a conceptual approach to justice and forgiveness and moving to an examination of reconciliation on the political and on the psychological level, the collection examines the quality of peace as it has been forged in the civil conflicts in Rwanda, South Africa, Chile, Guatemala, and Northern Ireland."--Jacket.

Subjects

Genres

  • Case studies.

Other Editions

  • Burying the past: making peace and doing justice after civil conflictGeorgetown University Press2003-01-01

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