Traditional Justice for Foxes - Conflict, Pluralismadn the Politics of Compromise

There is a memorable line by ancient Greek poet Archilochus: 'The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.' Drawing on this metaphor made popular by Isaiah Berlin, this book sets out to 'think like a fox' about transitional justice in an intellectual environment largely dominated by hedgehogs. Critical of the unitary 'hedgehog-like' vision underlying mainstream discourse, this book proposes a pluralist reading of the field. It asks: What would it mean for transitional justice to constructively deal with conflicts of values and interests in societies grappling with a violent past? And what would it imply to make meaningful room for diversity, to see 'the many' rather than just 'the one'?

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• Authors: Frank Haldemann, Frank (Universite De Fribourg Haldemann
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2024
• EAN: 9781108928731
• ISBN: 978-1-108-92873-1
• Series: Law in Context
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Social History, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law