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Speaking of Violence - The Politics and Poetics of Narrative in Conflict Resolution (Hardcover)
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Speaking of Violence - The Politics and Poetics of Narrative in Conflict Resolution (Hardcover)
Series: Explorations in Narrative Psychology
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In the context of ongoing or historical violence, people tell
stories about what happened, who did what to whom and why. Yet
frequently, the speaking of violence reproduces the social
fractures and delegitimizes, again, those that struggle against
their own marginalization. This speaking of violence deepens
conflict and all too often perpetuates cycles of violence.
Alternatively, sometimes people do not speak of the violence and it
is erased, buried with the bodies that bear it witness. This
reduces the capacity of the public to address issues emerging in
the aftermath of violence and repression. This book takes the
notion of "narrative" as foundational to conflict analysis and
resolution. Distinct from conflict theories that rely on accounts
of attitudes or perceptions in the heads of individuals, this
narrative perspective presumes that meaning, structured and
organized as narrative processes, is the location for both analysis
of conflict, as well as intervention. But meaning is political, in
that not all stories can be told, or the way they are told
delegitimizes and erases others. Thus, the critical narrative
theory outlined in this book offers a normative approach to
narrative assessment and intervention. It provides a way of
evaluating narrative and designing "better-formed" stories:
"better" in that they are generative of sustainable relations,
creating legitimacy for all parties. In so doing, they function
aesthetically and ethically to support the emergence of new
histories and new futures. Indeed, critical narrative theory offers
a new lens for enabling people to speak of violence in ways that
undermine the intractability of conflict
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