Reconciliation Narratives of Survivors from War in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Författare
Redaktör
- Venkat Pulla
- Bharath Bhushan Mamidi
Summary, in English
The aim of this article was to analyze the retold experiences of 27 survivors from the 1990s war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I have examined verbal markers of reconciliation and implacability and I have analyzed described terms for reconciliation that are being actualized in the narratives. In the narratives of those interviewed, implacability is the prominent them, but the possibility of reconciliation is mentioned, if some conditions are met. These conditions are for example justice for the victims of the war, a confession from the offender and his emotional involvement (for instance showing remorse and shame). The picture that emerges from the analyzed narratives is that it is easier to forgive someone imprisoned for his atrocities.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2015
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
189-205
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Some Aspects of Community Empowerment and Resilience
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Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag
Allied Publishers Group
Ämne
- Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Nyckelord
- Justice
- Narrative
- Reconciliation
- Forgiveness
- Implacability
- Shame
- Conditions for Reconciliation
- Perpetrator
- Emotion
- Victim
- sociology
- sociologi
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Kriminal- och socialvetenskapligt nätverk
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISBN: 978-81-8424-962-0