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How do societies at the national and international level try to overcome historical injustices? What remedies did they develop to do justice to victims of large scale atrocities? And even more important: what have we learned from the implementation of these so-called instruments of transitional justice in practice? Lawyers, socials scientists and historians have published shelves full of books and articles on how to confront the past through international criminal tribunals, truth commissions, financial compensation schemes and other instruments of retributive/punitive and restorative justice. A serious problem continues to be that broad interdisciplinary accounts that include both categories of measures are still hardly available. With this volume a group of international experts in the field endeavors to fill this gap, and even more. By alternating historical overviews with critical assessments this volume does not only offer an extensive introduction to the world of transitional justice, but also food for thought concerning the effectiveness of the remedies it offers to face the past successfully --Back cover

Law of armed conflicts. Humanitarian law --- Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- Réparations des crimes de l'histoire --- Justice transitionnelle --- BARJ (Restorative justice) --- Balanced and restorative justice --- Community justice --- Compensaties voor historische onrechtvaardigheden --- Crimes contre l'histoire [Réparations des ] --- Justice restaurative --- Justice restauratrice --- Justice réconciliatrice --- Justice réparatrice --- Redress for historical injustices --- Reparation for historical injustices --- Reparations for historical injustices --- Reparations for past injustices --- Restauratieve rechtvaardigheid --- Restitution for historical injustices --- Restorative community justice --- Restorative justice --- Réparation des crimes contre l'histoire --- Réparations des injustices de l'histoire --- Réparations des injustices du passé --- Réparations des préjudices de l'histoire --- Réparations pour des injustices historiques --- Schadeloosstellingen voor historische onrechtvaardigheden --- International courts --- History --- Réparations des crimes de l'histoire. --- Justice transitionnelle.

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This book examines and explains the obsession with history in the contemporary British novel. It frames these "historical" novels as expressions of narrative desire, highlighting the reciprocal relationship between a desire to disclose and to rid ourselves of anxieties elicited by the past. Scrutinizing representative novels from Byatt, McEwan and Rushdie, contemporary fiction is revealed as capable of advocating a viable ethical stance and as a form of authentic commentary. Our anxieties often exist in response to what might be perceived as the oppression or eradication of values, whether this is through the modern repudiation of Victorian principles (Byatt), the Western rethinking of Enlightenment narratives in light of the Holocaust (McEwan), or pluralism threatened by religious fundamentalism (Rushdie). Each of these novelists differentially employs postmodern artifice, sometimes as a way to reject the notion of historical construction, sometimes to advocate for it, but always to bring us closer to what the author believes are significant values and truths, rather than relativism. The representative qualities of these novels serve to highlight themes, concerns, and anxieties present in many of the works of each author and by extension those of their contemporaries.

Begeerte in de literatuur --- Compensaties voor historische onrechtvaardigheden --- Crimes contre l'histoire [Réparations des ] --- Desire in literature --- Désir dans la littérature --- Geschiedenis in de literatuur --- Histoire dans la littérature --- History in literature --- Redress for historical injustices --- Reparation for historical injustices --- Reparations for historical injustices --- Reparations for past injustices --- Restitution for historical injustices --- Réparation des crimes contre l'histoire --- Réparations des crimes de l'histoire --- Réparations des injustices de l'histoire --- Réparations des injustices du passé --- Réparations des préjudices de l'histoire --- Réparations pour des injustices historiques --- Schadeloosstellingen voor historische onrechtvaardigheden --- Desire in literature. --- English fiction --- History in literature. --- Literature and history --- Narration (Rhetoric) --- Reparations for historical injustices. --- History and criticism. --- History --- Byatt, A. S. --- McEwan, Ian. --- Rushdie, Salman. --- Knowledge --- History. --- 82:93 --- 820 "19" --- Literatuur en geschiedenis --- Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- 820 "19" Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- 82:93 Literatuur en geschiedenis --- Byatt, A. S., --- Reparations --- Indemnity --- Social justice --- History and criticism --- Byatt, Antonia Susan --- Rushdie, Salman --- McEwan, Ian --- 20th century --- Great Britain --- Rhetoric --- Discourse analysis, Narrative --- Narratees (Rhetoric) --- ROMAN ANGLAIS --- LITTERATURE ET HISTOIRE --- BYATT, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936 --- -NARRATION --- RUSHDIE (SALMAN), 1947 --- -McEWAN (IAN), 1948 --- -DESIR DANS LA LITTERATURE --- 20E SIECLE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- GRANDE-BRETAGNE --- SAVOIR ET ERUDITION