Remembrance and Forgiveness

<p>An enquiry into the social science of remembrance and forgiveness in global episodes of genocide and mass violence during the post-Holocaust era this volume explores the ways in which remembrance and forgiveness have changed over time and how they have been used in more recent cases of genocide and mass violence. With case studies from Rwanda Ethiopia South Sudan South Africa Australia Cambodia Indonesia Timor-Leste Israel Palestine Argentina Guatemala El Salvador the United States Bosnia and Herzegovina and Chechnya the volume avoids a purely legal perspective to open the interpretation of post-genocidal societies communities and individuals to global and interdisciplinary perspectives that consider not only forgiveness and thus social harmony but remembrance and disharmony. This volume will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in memory studies genocide remembrance and forgiveness.</p>