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The Anthropology of Peace and Reconciliation: Pax Humana

The Anthropology of Peace and Reconciliation: Pax Humana

Eltringham, Nigel

Hardcover

Series: Critical Topics in Contemporary Anthropology

AnthropologyGeneral Political ScienceSocial Movements

ISBN10: 0815349734
ISBN13: 9780815349730
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 10 2021
Pages: 166
Weight: 0.94
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book offers a uniquely comparative, case-study perspective on the anthropology of peace and reconciliation.

In the contemporary world, the end of violent conflict often gives way to one, or a combination, of five interventions designed to strengthen peace and facilitate reconciliation. These interventions are: the reinvigoration of traditional conflict management mechanisms; the collection and preservation of testimony; truth commissions; international criminal trials; and memorialisation. Social anthropologists have challenged the received wisdom on which these interventions are based, arguing that they fail to adequately take into account and sensitively manage the needs and expectations of those who have lived through conflict. Exploring the five interventions through detailed ethnographic accounts from around the world, this book demonstrates that although social anthropologists adopt a critical stance, they do not dismiss received wisdom out of hand; rather, they advocate that interventions should be subject to continuous evaluation according to the evolving, often contradictory, needs and wishes of those who strive to survive among the ruins of their former lives.

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