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Reconciliation, Civil Society, and the Politics of Memory : Transnational Initiatives in the 20th and 21st Century /

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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 int...

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Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Schwelling, Birgit (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Bielefeld : transcript-Verlag, [2013]
Edition:1. Aufl.
Series:Erinnerungskulturen ; Bd. 2.
Subjects:
Reconciliation > Political aspects.
Apologizing > Social aspects.
Reconciliation > Social aspects.
Collective memory.
Réconciliation > Aspect politique.
Excuses (Regret) > Aspect social.
Réconciliation > Aspect social.
Mémoire collective.
Collective memory
Reconciliation > Political aspects
Armenian Genocide.
Civil Society.
Contemporary History.
Cultural Studies.
Franco-German Relations.
Globalization.
Human Rights.
Memory Culture.
Political Science.
Politics.
Reconciliation.
War and Society.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (373 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783839419311
383941931X