Memory and trauma in international relations : theories, cases, and debates / edited by Erica Resende and Dovile Budryte.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Resende, Erica Simone Almeida.
• Budrytė, Dovilė.

Series:

• Interventions (Routledge (Firm))
• Interventions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• International relations--Social aspects.
• Psychic trauma.
• Collective memory.

Physical Description:

xvi, 280 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

"This work seeks to provide a comprehensive and accessible survey of the international dimension of trauma and memory and its manifestations in various cultural contexts"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

• Part I Theoretical approaches and debates 13
• 1 Memory, trauma and ontological security / Alexandria J. Innes Innes, Alexandria J., Brent J. Steele Steele, Brent J. 15
• 2 Transitional justice: politics of memory and reconciliation / Hun Joon Kim Kim, Hun Joon 30
• 3 Performing political apologies / Erin K. Wilson Wilson, Erin K., Roland Bleiker Bleiker, Roland 42
• 4 Memory and trauma as elements of identity in foreign policymaking / Douglas J. Becker Becker, Douglas J. 57
• 5 Natural disasters: trauma, political contestation and potential to precipitate social change / Vanessa Pupavac Pupavac, Vanessa 74
• 6 Healing and reconciliation in contemporary post-conflict scenarios: securitization movement of war trauma in perspective / Renata B. Ferreira Ferreira, Renata B. 92
• 7 JustTruth: the role of truth seeking in reconciliation following traumatic events and crisis / Laura K. Taylor Taylor, Laura K. 107
• Part II Cases 121
• 8 Trauma as a technology of power: memory, aid and rule in contemporary Haiti / Maria Joao Ferreira Ferreira, Maria Joao 123
• 9 Remembering and forgetting in Turkish identity and policymaking / Brent E. Sasley Sasley, Brent E. 138
• 10 Memory, trauma and changing international norms: the German Green Parry's struggle with violence and its concern for humanity / Hannes Hansen-Magnusson Hansen-Magnusson, Hannes 153
• 11 Travelling trauma: Lithuanian transnational memory after World War II / Dovile Budryte Budryte, Dovile 168
• 12 Coping with the Lost Revolution: memories of the 1970s and 1980s in Nicaragua / Marcos Farias Ferreira Ferreira, Marcos Farias 182
• 13 Humanitarian witnesses and testimonies in arms control and disarmament: a case study of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) / Ritu Mathur Mathur, Ritu 198
• 14 Memory and the politics of climate change: between climate justice and climate security / Pedro Fonseca Fonseca, Pedro 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-270) and index.

ISBN:

• 9780415637268
• 0415637260

OCLC:

794041298