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Title: | Memory, Forgiveness and Unfinished Justice in the Former Yugoslavia |
Authors: | Akrivoulis, Dimitrios E. |
Type: | Article |
Subjects: | FRASCATI::Social sciences::Political science::International relations |
Keywords: | Forgiveness Collective Memory Justice ICTY former Yugoslavia Paul Ricoeur |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Source: | Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies |
Volume: | 19 |
Issue: | 4 |
First Page: | 366 |
Last Page: | 387 |
Abstract: | Drawing its examples from the case of the former Yugoslavia, the paper explores the difficult intersections of justice, memory and forgiveness where the present bears the traces of a violent past of inter-communal conflict and mass crimes. It specifically delves into the limits of institutional attempts to respond in a redemptory and permanent manner to the claims for justice in a political community scarred by such a tormenting past. It examines three judicial or semi-judicial manifestations of memory based on how they relate to the past(s) of the former Yugoslavia: (a) the punishment of the perpetrators, (b) the recognition of the crimes committed, and (c) forgetfulness in the name of peace and progress. Promoting reconciliation, governments often qualify a plea for forgiving as the last recourse to the impasse of institutional justice. At this fragile moment, forgiveness presents itself as a remedy for the impossibilities of institutional justice, without however fully evading the dangers of political expedience or the Western metaphysics of a ‘universal’ (Christian) ethos. Discussing memory as a dimension of justice, the paper concludes that if this intricate bond remains unexamined, the possibility of forgiveness in the former Yugoslavia could hardly attain any political meaning or vigour. |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/19448953.2017.1280978 https://ruomo.lib.uom.gr/handle/7000/277 |
ISSN: | 1944-8953 1944-8961 |
Other Identifiers: | 10.1080/19448953.2017.1280978 |
Appears in Collections: | Department of Balkan, Slavic & Oriental Studies |
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