Reconciliation Narratives of Survivors from War in Bosnia and Herzegovina

• The aim of this article was to analyze the retold experiences of 27 survivors from the 1990s war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I have examined verbal markers of reconciliation and implacability and I have analyzed described terms for reconciliation that are being actualized in the narratives. In the narratives of those interviewed, implacability is the prominent them, but the possibility of reconciliation is mentioned, if some conditions are met. These conditions are for example justice for the victims of the war, a confession from the offender and his emotional involvement (for instance showing remorse and shame). The picture that emerges from the analyzed narratives is that it is easier to forgive someone imprisoned for his atrocities.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Sociologi -- Sociologi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Sociology -- Sociology (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Justice

Narrative

Reconciliation

Forgiveness

Implacability

Shame

Conditions for Reconciliation

Perpetrator

Emotion

Victim sociology

Social Sciences

Samhällsvetenskap

Freds- och utvecklingsstudier

Peace and Development Studies

Kriminologi

Criminology

Socialt arbete

Social Work

Sociology

Sociologi

Justice

Narrative

Reconciliation

Forgiveness

Implacability

Shame

Conditions for Reconciliation

Perpetrator

Emotion

Victim

sociology

sociologi

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