Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History After Genocide and Mass Violence First Edition Edition

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Although mass atrocities are not unique to the 20th century, organized response to such violence has taken new forms, some of which offer hope of some small redress to the victims of war and genocide. In the groundbreaking and timely Between Vengeance and Forgiveness, Harvard Law School professor Martha Minow explores the benefits and drawbacks of a variety of forms of settlement.

For those who have recoiled in horror and outrage at collective violence in Rwanda, Bosnia, Cambodia, and elsewhere, this book--with chapters titled "Trials," "Truth Commissions," "Reparations," and "Facing History"--is a primer on how the world, and individuals, might respond to such acts once the shock subsides. Minow resists the idea that compensatory measures such as war-crimes tribunals and financial payback can ever bring true closure for those who have suffered. "Legal responses," she writes, "are inevitably frail and insufficient." Nevertheless, Minow advocates addressing these atrocities in a formal way: "The victimized deserve the acknowledgment of their humanity," she asserts, "and the reaffirmation of the utter wrongness of its violation." --Maria Dolan

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A leading legal scholar's judicious examination of our varied reactions to mass violence and their relative potential for healing people and nations. From the Holocaust to apartheid South Africa and Rwanda, 20th-century collective violence has challenged societies to deal with the aftermath. And Minow (Law/Harvard; Not Only for Myself, 1997) makes her own significant contribution to this effort by sketching out a ``lexicon of potential responses to collective violence.'' Through a series of chapters highlighting specific forms of responses in their historical contexts, she formalizes a vocabulary for assessing the ways in which society is able or unable to deal with irreversible loss (and the emotional damage caused by large-scale violence). First she contemplates the possibility of bridging reactions of vengeance and forgiveness, raising one of her central arguments: the healing power of therapy for victims, bystanders, and even offenders. In further chapters, she discusses the history of war-crimes prosecution, focusing on the complex legacies of the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials following WWII, and reparations, drawing on the case of the US government and former Japanese-American internees. Minow's chapter on truth commissions proves to be the most engaging, given its timeliness amid the ongoing debates about South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Citing the importance of direct personal narratives, she argues that when society prioritizes healing and the restoration of human dignity, a truth commission may serve better than a prosecution actually does. Her final chapter assesses the value of public monuments, educational programs, and amnesty. Some readers will feel frustrated by Minow's admitted ``resistance to tidiness'' in drawing conclusions and by her rationalized tightrope walk between the extremes of idealism and cynicism. But this is a mostly enlightening exploration of a thorny subject. (For another look at these questions, see Wole Soyinka, The Burden of Memory, The Muse of Forgiveness, p. 1442.) -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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Hardcover: 214 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press; First Edition edition (November 6, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0807045063
ISBN-13: 978-0807045060
Package Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 1 inches
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Average Customer Review: 10 customer reviews
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i got this for a class. I still think it amounts to a secular explanation for christian values. But its not like there is anything wrong with that

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South Africa was a brave Nation that moved forward TOGETHER after being at war internally. Great read and thought in to how to bring former ememies together. Perfect no but a brave try.

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An important statement of how to deal with the aftermath of human rights abuses. Thought provoking.

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Excellent book! Dr. Minow writes with clarity, and compassion for those who have experienced the unspeakable, and she does so with philosophical and spiritual depth. She seeks a middle way that does not deny rage, despair, or the desire for revenge but also holds with these potential responses the possibility of what it might mean for the individual and society to move beyond these responses towards a chosen future. Well worth the read!

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Amazing book.

March 17, 2014

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I bought the book for my conflict Resolution class. I find Minow's approach to transitional justice very feminine. I am not sure I will re-read it

Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History

September 25, 2010

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Book is in a very good condition, it was a good service. It was a book required in a Seminar of Law and Justice in Law School of Indianapolis

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