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Reconciliation Narratives of Survivors from War in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Author

  • Goran Basic

Editor

  • 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.

Department/s

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Pages

189-205

Publication/Series

Some Aspects of Community Empowerment and Resilience

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Allied Publishers Group

Topic

  • Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)

Keywords

  • Justice
  • Narrative
  • Reconciliation
  • Forgiveness
  • Implacability
  • Shame
  • Conditions for Reconciliation
  • Perpetrator
  • Emotion
  • Victim
  • sociology
  • sociologi

Status

Published

Research group

  • Kriminal- och socialvetenskapligt nätverk

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-81-8424-962-0