Reconciliation, Civil Society, and the Politics of Memory : Transnational Initiatives in the 20th and 21st Century
by
Schwelling, Birgit
Title
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Reconciliation, Civil Society, and the Politics of Memory : Transnational Initiatives in the 20th and 21st Century
Author
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Schwelling, Birgit
ISBN
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9783839419311
Personal Author
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Schwelling, Birgit
Publication Information
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Bielefeld, Germany transcript Verlag 20121015
Abstract
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How did civil society function as a locus for reconciliation initiatives since the beginning of the 20th century? The essays in this volume challenge the conventional understanding of reconciliation as a benign state-driven process. They explore how a range of civil society actors - from Turkish intellectuals apologizing for the Armenian Genocide to religious organizations working towards the improvement of Franco-German relations - have confronted and coped with the past. These studies offer a critical perspective on local and transnational reconciliation acts by questioning the extent to which speech became an alternative to silence, remembrance to forgetting, engagement to oblivion.
Subject Term
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Cultural studies
Added Author
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Schwelling, Birgit
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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IYTE Library | E-Book | 2176248-1001 | XX(2176248.1) | DOAB E-Books |