The Politics of Memory: Truth, Healing and Social Justice

by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im and Ifi Amadiume

Book Overview

Why does conflict deteriorate into violence and war? How does collective memory influence healing and social justice in post-conflict situations? What is the role of judicial accountability - Crime Tribunals and Truth Commissions - for past violations of human rights?

This book brings together a distinguished group of scholars, policy-makers, justice workers and social activists to answer these questions. In a creative engagement with issues...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1856498433
• ISBN13: 9781856498432
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.5"