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International Journal of Transitional Justice 2008 2(1):116-117; doi:10.1093/ijtj/ijm040
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Taking Wrongs Seriously: Acknowledgment, Reconciliation, and the Politics of Sustainable Peace, Trudy Govier

Martha Minow

Professor of Law, Harvard University, USA. E-mail: minow@law.harvard.edu

Humanity Books, October 2006, 303pp. ISBN: 1591024250 - hardcover ($42)

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Calls for truth commissions and similar public processes to promote social reconciliation after national conflicts often reflect admirable aspirations but muddy thinking. This subtle and careful analysis of the processes of political reconciliation after periods of mass violence opens for analysis the spectrum of potential meanings associated with ‘reconciliation,’ ranging from social unity and harmony to the cessation of physical violence.

Informed by philosophic analysis, social psychological studies and historical case studies, Taking Wrongs Seriously . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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