Revenge And Reconciliation

Author : Rajmohan Gandhi
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2000-10-14
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9788184753189

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Revenge and Reconciliation by Rajmohan Gandhi Pdf

An original, provocative and compelling reading of the subcontinent’s history In this remarkable study, well-known biographer Rajmohan Gandhi, underscoring the prominence in the Mahabharata of the revenge impulse, follows its trajectory in South Asian history. Side by side, he traces the role played by reconcilers up to present times, like the Buddha, Mahavira and Asoka. Encompassing myth and historical fact, the author moves from the circumstances of Drona’s death and Parasurama’s slaying of the Kshatriyas to the burst of Islam in India and Akbar’s success in gaining acceptance for it, the executions of Guru Arjan Dev and Guru Tegh Bahadur, and Shivaji’s achievement of self-rule. His explanation of the 1947 division of India identifies the role of the 1857 Rebellion in shaping Gandhi’s thinking and strategy, and reflects on the wounds of Partition. The survey of post-Independence India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka also touches upon the tragic bereavements of six of their women leaders. Incisive and finely argued, Revenge and Reconciliation compels us to confront historical and contemporary realities of intolerance, while pointing to possible strategies of mutual accommodation in India and the rest of South Asia at the threshold of the twenty-first century.

Author : Ellis Cose
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005-02
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0743470672

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Bone to Pick by Ellis Cose Pdf

Draws on the insights of relationship experts in the fields of psychiatry and law to offer perspectives on the power of moving past pain and reconciling as part of ending destructive retribution cycles.

Author : Raúl Márquez Porras,Riccardo Mazzola,Ignasi Terradas Saborit
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783030795955

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Vindicatory Justice by Raúl Márquez Porras,Riccardo Mazzola,Ignasi Terradas Saborit Pdf

This volume offers a new theoretical approach to the analysis of the law/revenge binary, and attempts to dismantle the common idea of revenge as lacking any legal, moral or rational dimension. In contrast, the book puts forward a model of a complex system of justice—which it terms 'vindicatory'—wherein vendetta constitutes an authorized action, the core of which does not (just) lie in vengeance but also in settlement procedures for peace—or 'composition.' The first part of the book ("Vindicatory Justice: Conceptual Analyses and Forerunners") seeks to identify the nature of vindicatory justice and to shed light on the structure of so-called vindicatory systems. In turn, the second part ("Mapping Vindicatory Justice") illustrates, using examples gathered from a range of sociolegal contexts, the dynamic relationship between composition and authorized revenge in vindicatory systems. Taken as a whole, the volume shows that applying a longue durée historical perspective to the study of revenge systems allows us to clearly recognize composition and authorized revenge as features of the same legal system, even though one of them may seem predominant (or more eye-catching) than the other in certain cultural settings.

Author : Trudy Govier
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135199098

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Forgiveness and Revenge by Trudy Govier Pdf

Forgiveness and Revenge is a powerful exploration of our attitudes to serious wrongdoings and a careful examination of the values that underlie our thinking about revenge and forgiveness. From adulterous spouses to terrorist factions, we are surrounded by wrongdoing, yet we rarely agree which response is appropriate. The problem of how to respond realistically and sensitively to the wrongs of the past remains a perplexing one. Trudy Govier clarifies our thinking on this subject by examining the moral and practical impact of revenge and forgiveness, both personal and political. Forgiveness and Revenge offers much-needed clarity and reason where emotions often prevail. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the ethics of attitudes to wrongdoing.

Author : Richard A. Wilson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2001-05-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521802199

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The Politics of Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa by Richard A. Wilson Pdf

The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was set up to deal with the human rights violations of apartheid. However, the TRC's restorative justice approach did not always serve the needs of communities at a local level. Based on extended anthropological fieldwork, this book illustrates the impact of the TRC in urban African communities in Johannesburg. It argues that the TRC had little effect on popular ideas of justice as retribution. This provocative study deepens our understanding of post-apartheid South Africa and the use of human rights discourse.

Author : Kathleen L. Komar
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0252028112

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Reclaiming Klytemnestra by Kathleen L. Komar Pdf

Turning to the twentieth century, she investigates the work of women who, since the 1960s, have reconceptualized Klytemnestra's actions and motivations in the contemporary contexts of dance, fiction, drama, poetry, and the Internet.

Author : Michael McCullough
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03-31
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 047026215X

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Beyond Revenge by Michael McCullough Pdf

Why is revenge such a pervasive and destructive problem? How can we create a future in which revenge is less common and forgiveness is more common? Psychologist Michael McCullough argues that the key to a more forgiving, less vengeful world is to understand the evolutionary forces that gave rise to these intimately human instincts and the social forces that activate them in human minds today. Drawing on exciting breakthroughs from the social and biological sciences, McCullough dispenses surprising and practical advice for making the world a more forgiving place. Michael E. McCullough (Miami, Florida), an internationally recognized expert on forgiveness and revenge, is a professor of psychology at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, where he directs the Laboratory for Social and Clinical Psychology.

Author : Laura Blumenfeld
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2003-04-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780743463393

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Revenge by Laura Blumenfeld Pdf

"But ultimately it is a journey that leads her back home - where she is forced to confront her childhood dreams, her parents' failed marriage, and her ideas about family. In the end, her target turns out to be more complex - and in some ways more threatening - than the stereotypical terrorist she'd long imagined."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Jockusch. Laura
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814338780

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Jewish Honor Courts by Jockusch. Laura Pdf

In the aftermath of World War II, virtually all European countries struggled with the dilemma of citizens who had collaborated with Nazi occupiers. Jewish communities in particular faced the difficult task of confronting collaborators among their own ranks—those who had served on Jewish councils, worked as ghetto police, or acted as informants. European Jews established their own tribunals—honor courts—for dealing with these crimes, while Israel held dozens of court cases against alleged collaborators under a law passed two years after its founding. In Jewish Honor Courts: Revenge, Retribution, and Reconciliation in Europe and Israel after the Holocaust, editors Laura Jockusch and Gabriel N. Finder bring together scholars of Jewish social, cultural, political, and legal history to examine this little-studied and fascinating postwar chapter of Jewish history. The volume begins by presenting the rationale for punishing wartime collaborators and purging them from Jewish society. Contributors go on to examine specific honor court cases in Allied-occupied Germany and Austria, Poland, the Netherlands, and France. One essay also considers the absence of an honor court in Belgium. Additional chapters detail the process by which collaborators were accused and brought to trial, the treatment of women in honor courts, and the unique political and social place of honor courts in the nascent state of Israel. Taken as a whole, the essays in Jewish Honor Courts illustrate the great caution and integrity brought to the agonizing task of identifying and punishing collaborators, a process that helped survivors to reclaim their agency, reassert their dignity, and work through their traumatic experiences. For many years, the honor courts have been viewed as a taboo subject, leaving their hundreds of cases unstudied. Jewish Honor Courts uncovers this forgotten chapter of Jewish history and shows it to be an integral part of postwar Jewish rebuilding. Scholars of Jewish, European, and Israeli history as well as readers interested in issues of legal and social justice will be grateful for this detailed volume.

Author : LAURA JOCKUSCH KIM WUNSCHMANN (ANDREAS KRAFT.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : Reconciliation
ISBN : 9654938677

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REVENGE, RETRIBUTION, RECONCILIATION by LAURA JOCKUSCH KIM WUNSCHMANN (ANDREAS KRAFT.) Pdf

Author : Audrey Wells
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030875527

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The Importance of Forgiveness and the Futility of Revenge by Audrey Wells Pdf

Forgiveness is important in international politics because it can save thousands of lives. Its opposite, vengefulness, has played a significant part in various wars of the 20th and 21st centuries. These conflicts are examined in this book, showing how forgiveness could have avoided the tremendous ensuing bloodshed. Despite its importance, in the context of international relations, forgiveness as a means of preventing the outbreak of war (as opposed to facilitating reconciliation after conflicts) has largely been neglected as a subject of study. Indeed, it has also been ignored by politicians, as a result of which there are few examples of forgiveness to study compared with those of revenge. This book reflects this reality, but also seeks to change it by raising public awareness of the importance of forgiveness in international affairs and the need to demand that political leaders explore this avenue. The book also provides a succinct, informative guide to the background of today’s international affairs. Each chapter can be read independently and highlights either forgiveness in action or the futility and loss of life caused by vengefulness, demonstrating where and how forgiveness could have made a dramatic difference.

Author : Kevin P. Clements,SungYong Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000294019

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Multi-Level Reconciliation and Peacebuilding by Kevin P. Clements,SungYong Lee Pdf

This edited volume examines the group dynamics of social reconciliation in conflict-affected societies by adopting ideas developed in social psychology and the everyday peace discourse in peace and conflict studies. The book revisits the intra- and inter-group dynamics of social reconciliation in conflict-affected societies, which have been largely marginalised in mainstream peacebuilding debates. By applying social psychological perspectives and the discourse of everyday peace, the chapters explore the everyday experience of community actors engaged in social and political reconciliation. The first part of the volume introduces conceptual and theoretical studies that focus on the pros and cons of state-level reconciliation and their outcomes, while presenting theoretical insights into dialogical processes upon which reconciliation studies can develop further. The second part presents a series of empirical case studies from around the world, which examine the process of social reconciliation at community levels through the lens of social psychology and discourse analysis. This book will be of much interest to students of peacebuilding, conflict resolution, social psychology, discourse analysis and international relations in general.

Author : Martha Minow
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2001-01-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780807045084

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Between Vengeance and Forgiveness by Martha Minow Pdf

The rise of collective violence and genocide is the twentieth century's most terrible legacy. Martha Minow, a Harvard law professor and one of our most brilliant and humane legal minds, offers a landmark book on our attempts to heal after such large-scale tragedy. Writing with informed, searching prose of the extraordinary drama of the truth commissions in Argentina, East Germany, and most notably South Africa; war-crime prosecutions in Nuremberg and Bosnia; and reparations in America, Minow looks at the strategies and results of these riveting national experiments in justice and healing. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Author : Andrew Rigby
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1555879861

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Justice and Reconciliation by Andrew Rigby Pdf

Rigby (Center for the Study of Forgiveness and Reconciliation, Coventry U., England) investigates different approaches to "policing" the past, from mass purges on one end of the spectrum to collective social amnesia on the other. He uses case studies based in Europe, Spain, Latin America, South Africa, and Palestine to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of each, clarifying the connection between how the past is acknowledged and prospects of a present and future culture of peace. c. Book News Inc.

Author : Ernesto Verdeja
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781439900550

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Unchopping a Tree by Ernesto Verdeja Pdf

Political violence does not end with the last death. A common feature of mass murder has been the attempt at destroying any memory of victims, with the aim of eliminating them from history. Perpetrators seek not only to eliminate a perceived threat, but also to eradicate any possibility of alternate, competing social and national histories. In his timely and important book, Unchopping a Tree, Ernesto Verdeja develops a critical justification for why transitional justice works. He asks, “What is the balance between punishment and forgiveness? And, “What are the stakes in reconciling?” Employing a normative theory of reconciliation that differs from prevailing approaches, Verdeja outlines a concept that emphasizes the importance of shared notions of moral respect and tolerance among adversaries in transitional societies. Drawing heavily from cases such as reconciliation efforts in Latin America and Africa—and interviews with people involved in such efforts—Verdeja debates how best to envision reconciliation while remaining realistic about the very significant practical obstacles such efforts face Unchopping a Tree addresses the core concept of respect across four different social levels—political, institutional, civil society, and interpersonal—to explain the promise and challenges to securing reconciliation and broader social regeneration.