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Coexistence in the aftermath of mass violence : imagination, empathy, and resiliance / edited by Eve Monique Zucker and Laura McGrew.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peace-building.
- Violence--Social aspects.
- Violence.
- Ethnic conflict--Social aspects.
- Ethnic conflict.
- Political violence--Social aspects.
- Political violence.
- Social aspects.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 257 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, [2020]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Coexistence in the Aftermath of Mass Violence demonstrates how imagination, empathy, and resilience contribute to the processes of social repair after ethnic and political violence. Adding to the literature on transitional justice, peacebuilding, and the anthropology of violence and social repair, the authors show how these conceptual pathways--imagination, empathy and resilience--enhance recovery, coexistence, and sustainable peace. Coexistence (or reconciliation) is the underlying goal or condition desired after mass violence, enabling survivors to move forward with their lives. Imagination allows these survivors (victims, perpetrators, bystanders) to draw guidance and inspiration from their social and cultural imaginaries, to develop empathy, and to envision a future of peace and coexistence. Resilience emerges through periods of violence and its aftermaths through acts of survival, compassion, modes of rebuilding social worlds, and the establishment of a peaceful society. Focusing on society at the grass roots level, the authors discuss the myriad and little understood processes of social repair that allow ruptured societies and communities to move toward a peaceful and stable future. The volume also illustrates some of the ways in which imagination, empathy, and resilience may contribute to the prevention of future violence and the authors conclude with a number of practical and policy recommendations. The cases include Cambodia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, Columbia, the Southern Cone, Iraq, and Bosnia.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Imagination
- 2 In the Realms of Ritual and Enchantment: Imagination and Recovery in the Aftermath of the Khmer Rouge p. 29 / Eve Monique Zucker
- 3 "And to This New Life We Are Striving": The Role of Imagination in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone p. 53 / Friederike Mieth
- 4 Imagining Alternatives: Cambodia, Accountability, and Compassion p. 71 / Tom Shapiro-Phim
- Part 2 Empathy
- 5 "You Can't Bake Bread without the Flour": Empathy and Coexistence in Cambodia p. 97 / Laura McGrew
- 6 Cultivating Empathy and Coexistence: Testimony about Rescue in the Rwandan Genocide p. 125 / Jennie E. Burnet
- 7 The Rescuers: The Role of Testimony as a Peacebuilding Tool to Create Empathy p. 149 / Leora Kahn
- Part 3 Resilience
- 8 Women's Survival and Memory Narratives in the Southern Cone: Resilience and Gender Justice p. 171 / Bernardita Llanos
- 9 I Toward Resilient Cultural Initiatives of Memory and Reconciliation among Rural Displaced Populations in Transitional Colombia p. 194 / Ricardo A. Velasco
- 10 The Politics of Resilience in Somaliland: The Contribution of Political Community and Autonomy to Post-Conflict Stabilization and Coexistence p. 218 / Matthew Gordon.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472127191
- 0472127195
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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