Description
Book SynopsisAre countries truly reconciled after successful conflict resolution? Are only resource-rich regions capable of reconciliation, while supposedly resource-poor ones are condemned to recurring conflicts?
This book examines the availability of various resources for political reconciliation, and explores how they are utilized in overcoming particular obstacles during the process. While the existing literature focus on themes such as justice, apology and resentment, the analysis here is centered on intellectual resources in terms of ideas, memory cultures, master narratives, economic incentives, civil society initiatives and object lessons.
The research and comparative research in this volume are conducted by renowned regional experts from South Africa to the Asia-Pacific, thus providing multidisciplinary perspectives and new insight on the subject.
Table of ContentsNotes on contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Resources for Reconciling with the Past
PART I: RECONCILIATION RESOURCES AND OBSTACLES
1. South Africa’s Reconciliation Process: Tools, Resources and Obstacles in the Journey to Deal With Its Atrocious Past
Amity Symbolism as a Resource for Conflict Resolution. The Case of Franco-German Relations
2. Forget and Forgive? Central European Memory Cultures, Models of Reconciliation and Polish-German Relations
3. Apology and Confession: Comparing Sino-Japanese and German-Jewish Intellectual Resources for Reconciliation
4. Ruist Traditions of Revenge and Alternative Resources for Ruist-inspired Reconciliation
5. Tanabe Hajime on Repentance and Reconciliation: An Analysis of Philosophy as Metanoetics
PART II: REGIONAL EXPERIENCE AND COMPARISON
6. Reconciliation Theory and the East Asian Context
7. Challenges of Teaching International Reconciliation in Japan and Korea: A Comparative Perspective
8. Altered States of Consciousness: Identity Politics and Prospects for Taiwan-Hong Kong-Mainland Reconciliation
9. Wrestling with the Past: Reconciliation, Apology and Settling History in Australia and New Zealand
10. Comparing Polish-German and Polish-Russian Reconciliation Efforts
11. France and Algeria: Conflict, Cooperation and Conciliation
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