Peacebuilding In Traumatized Societies

by Hart, Barry

• ISBN13: 9780761840350
• ISBN10: 0761840354
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-26
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

This work examines trauma, identity, security, education, and development as issues of critical importance to peacebuilding and social reconstruction after large-scale violence. This violence takes the form of war, mass-killings, and genocide, as well as structural violence that has humiliated and impoverished millions of people across the globe. Transitional justice, leadership, religion, and the arts are other crucial issues that are included in this analysis of violence and its transformation. The book explores how each issue can be independently addressed for transformational purposes, but argues for their active interdependence in order to more effectdvely help individuals, communities, and societies emerge from violence and begin the rebuilding process. Peacebuilding for Traumatized Societies examines these issues in theoretical and practical terms through case studies and descriptions of training and problem-solving procedures in Rwanda, the Balkans, Columbia, and the Philippines. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. v
Introduction	p. vii
Theoretical Frameworks
Critical Links between Peacebuilding and Trauma Healing: A Holistic Framework for Fostering Community Development	p. 3
Managing Memory: Looking to Transitional Justice to Address Trauma	p. 27
Humiliation, Trauma, and Trauma Recovery in a Globalizing World	p. 49
Education and Post-Conflict Recovery	p. 65
Trauma, Identity and Security: How the U.S. Can Recover from 9/11 Using Media Arts and a 3D Approach to Human Security	p. 83
Peacebuilding Leadership in Traumatized Societies	p. 107
Merging Theory and Practice
Psychological Recovery, Reconciliation and the Prevention of New Violence: An Approach and Its Uses in Rwanda	p. 131
The Contribution of Trauma Healing to Peacebuilding in Southeast Europe	p. 155
Arts Approaches to Peace: Playing Our Way to Transcendence?	p. 185
A Post-Genocidal Justice of Blessing as an Alternative to a Justice of Violence: The Case of Rwanda	p. 205
The Role of Religious Peacebuilders in Traumatized Societies: From Withdrawal to Forgiveness	p. 239
Trauma Healing in Croatia, Columbia and Australia
Daring to Dream: Learning about Community Trauma, Accountability and Building the Future in Post-War Forums in Croatia	p. 261
Opening Space for Healing in Colombia	p. 277
Healing Trauma among Australia's 'Stolen Generations'	p. 303
The Way Forward: Policy Development and Implementation	p. 319
Index	p. 327
Contributors	p. 343
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