Ritual and Symbol in Peacebuilding
By Lisa Schirch.
Description
* Serves as a guide to using ritual acts in peacebuilding efforts* Abundant with examples of symbolic acts that aided the peace processConflict is dramatic. In theater, literature, story telling, and news reporting, it is a powerful mechanism that draws attention, heightens the senses and evokes emotion. Schirch argues that peacebuilding has the potential to do just the same.Examples of peacebuilding often center on the serious, rational negotiations and formal problem-solving efforts in conflict situations. Schirch argues, though, that what truly bonds adversaries and helps achieve peace a...
ISBN(s)
1565491947, 9781565491946
