Healing the social wounds of war*
- 22 October 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Medicine, Conflict and Survival
- Vol. 16 (4) , 370-382
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13623690008409537
Abstract
The healing of those hurt by war can take different forms, ranging from violence and vengeance to psychotherapy and humanitarian aid imposed from outside. This healing has been widely and critically discussed in the literature. Instead, the focus here is more on the way communities try to heal themselves long after the outside world has lost interest. In this context, resisting the oppressor becomes less important than recovery, and the past can matter less than the future.Keywords
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