1st Edition
The Theory of Collective Reconciliation A Trinity of Recognition, Responsibility and Reparation
Introduction
What Is Reconciliation About?
A Utopic Dream or an Achievable Sociopolitical Goal?
Structuring the Book
1. Reconciliation
Top-Down Versus Bottom-Up
Democracy
Political and Societal Reconciliation
Local Aspects: Cultural, National, and Religious
2. Recognition
Memory and History
Memory and Collective Narrative and Identity
Memory Management Through Forgetting: Revisionism and Denial
The Reciprocal Relation Between Democracy and Memory
Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
3. Responsibility
The Role of the Legal System as an Institution and the Notion of Justice
Retributive or Restorative Justice or Both?
Amnesty
4. Reparation
Compensation and Restitution
Recognition and Commemoration
Apology
Forgiveness
Conclusion: Reconciliation – A Utopic Buzzword or an Achievable Goal?
Biography
Vahagn Avedian holds a PhD in history and specializes in peace and conflict research with focus on human rights and democracy. He is the author of Knowledge and Acknowledgement in the Politics of Memory of the Armenian Genocide (Routledge, 2018).
