Envisioning Reconciliation
Barakat, Zeina
While political reconciliation is often understood as promoting peace and harmony in post-conflict situations, Barakat explores reconciliation amid crisis and conflict with a particular focus on Israel and Palestine. Various pre-conditions for reconciliation are addressed (truth, justice, trust), and barriers hindering reconciliation's prospects in conflicts are diagnosed (denial, dehuminazation, non-recognition). Perceptions of the past and a...