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The field of conflict resolution has evolved dramatically during
the relatively short duration of the discipline's existence. Each
generation of scholars has struggled with the major puzzles of
their era, providing theories and solutions that meet the needs of
the time, only to be pushed forward by new insights and, at times,
totally upended by a changing world. This introductory course text
explores the genealogy of the field of conflict resolution by
examining three different epochs of the field, each one tied to the
historical context and events of the day. In each of these epochs,
scholars and practitioners worked to understand and address the
conflicts that the world was facing, at that time. This book
provides a framework that students will carry with them far into
their careers, enriching their contributions and strengthening
their voices. Rather than a didactic approach to the field,
students will develop their critical analytical skills through an
inductive inquiry. Students will broaden their vocabulary, grapple
with argumentation, and develop critical reading skills.
The field of conflict resolution has evolved dramatically during
the relatively short duration of the discipline's existence. Each
generation of scholars has struggled with the major puzzles of
their era, providing theories and solutions that meet the needs of
the time, only to be pushed forward by new insights and, at times,
totally upended by a changing world. This introductory course text
explores the genealogy of the field of conflict resolution by
examining three different epochs of the field, each one tied to the
historical context and events of the day. In each of these epochs,
scholars and practitioners worked to understand and address the
conflicts that the world was facing, at that time. This book
provides a framework that students will carry with them far into
their careers, enriching their contributions and strengthening
their voices. Rather than a didactic approach to the field,
students will develop their critical analytical skills through an
inductive inquiry. Students will broaden their vocabulary, grapple
with argumentation, and develop critical reading skills.
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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