Agonistic Memory and Peace : Colombia, Northern Ireland and Israel-Palestine
Agonistic Memory and Peace : Colombia, Northern Ireland and Israel-Palestine
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Author(s): Strömbom, Lisa
ISBN No.: 9781399545785
Pages: 192
Year: 202603
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 165.27
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

This is a book about the power of memory in fractured societies and initiatives that resist pressures to simplify history. It traces the intricate pathways of local dialogue initiatives in three of the world's most emotionally charged conflicts: Colombia, Israel-Palestine, and Northern Ireland. There, the past is always contested terrain--it is present, alive and deeply political. The book draws on agonistic peace theory, which proposes continued contestation, discussion and disagreement - in non-violent, constructive forms - as the most productive way to transform violent conflicts. Focusing on how local organisations can work to facilitate dialogue about conflict memory, the analyses rely on interview-based case studies where organisations working on bringing people together to juxtapose their memories of these conflicts are probed. The results underline that safeguarding dialogue spaces, stimulating counter-hegemonic forces and the circulation of memory between memoryscapes at different scales are crucial enabling factors for successful agonistic memory work.


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