Kattumuri, Ruth 
ORCID: 0000-0003-2820-9060 and Holm, Amalie Kvame
(2011)
Reconciliation and transitional justice: the contribution of forgiveness towards healing and restoration.
In: Albrow, Martin and Seckinelgin, Hakan, (eds.)
Global Civil Society 2011: Globality and the Absence of Justice.
Global Civil Society Yearbook.
Palgrave Macmillan, London, UK, pp. 38-47.
ISBN 9780230272019
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Abstract
Forgiveness is primarily addressed in the transitional justice discourse as a restorative value, as part of several concepts complementing retributive justice (Braithwaite and Strang 2001). Scholars define restorative justice by emphasising it either as a value or as a process, and the same logic applies to forgiveness. It could be conceived as a process where a group of individuals or societies come together to solve issues. Forgiveness can relieve the burdens created by wrongful actions and intolerable debts and suggests that both victim and perpetrator can start afresh (Digeser 2001). It might even imply the re-establishment of moral equality between the parties. This chapter suggests that forgiveness is a valuable and complementary mechanism for healing and restoration of individuals and societies.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Official URL: | http://www.palgrave.com/home/index.asp |
| Additional Information: | © 2011 LSE Global Governance, London School of Economics and Hertie School of Governance |
| Divisions: | Grantham Research Institute India Observatory Social Policy Asia Centre |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jul 2013 11:23 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 17:33 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/51062 |
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