Coexistence in the Aftermath of Mass Violence – Imagination, Empathy, and Resil…

Coexistence in the Aftermath of Mass ViolenceImagination, Empathy, and Resilience\nAuthor(s): Eve Zucker, Laura McGrew\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University of Michigan Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Michigan Press\nISBN-13: 9780472074655, 978-0472074655\nSynopsis\nCoexistence in the Aftermath of Mass Violence demonstrates how imagination, empathy, and resilience contribute to the processes of social repair after ethnic and political violence. Adding to the literature on transitional justice, peacebuilding, and the anthropology of violence and social repair, the authors show how these conceptual pathwaysimagination, empathy and resilienceenhance recovery, coexistence, and sustainable peace. Coexistence (or reconciliation) is the underlying goal or condition desired after mass violence, enabling survivors to move forward with their lives. Imagination allows these survivors (victims, perpetrators, bystanders) to draw guidance and inspiration from their social a.