Truth Recovery in Northern Ireland: Critically Interpreting the Past PDF
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Simpson 00 30/3/09 09:30 Page i Truth recovery in Northern Ireland Simpson 00 30/3/09 09:30 Page ii Simpson 00 30/3/09 09:30 Page iii Truth recovery in Northern Ireland Critically interpreting the past Kirk Simpson Manchester University Press Manchester and New York distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan Simpson 00 30/3/09 09:30 Page iv Copyright © Kirk Simpson 2009 The right of Kirk Simpson to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988. Published byManchester University Press Oxford Road,Manchester M13 9NR,UK andRoom 400,175 Fifth Avenue,New York,NY 10010,USA www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan,175 Fifth Avenue,New York, NY 10010,USA Distributed exclusively in Canada by UBC Press,University of British Columbia,2029 West Mall, Vancouver,BC,Canada V6T 1Z2 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Acatalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for ISBN 978 0 7190 7862 0 hardback First published 2009 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The publisher has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or any third-party internet websites referred to in this book,and does not gurantee that any content on suchwebsites is,or will remain,accurate or appropriate. Typeset by Helen Skelton,Brighton,UK Printed in Great Britain by CPI Antony Rowe Ltd,Chippenham,Wiltshire Simpson 00 30/3/09 09:30 Page v Contents Acknowledgements page ix List of boxes xiii List of abbreviations xv Introduction 1 1 The conflict in Northern Ireland:a contextual and thematic analysis 8 2 Truth commissions and dealing with the past 31 3 Voices silenced,voices rediscovered:victims of violence and the reclamation of language in transitional societies 57 4 Victims of political violence:a Habermasian model of truth recovery 77 5 Memorialisation in post-conflict societies:critically interpreting the past 100 6 Conclusion 123 References 143 Index 153 Simpson 00 30/3/09 09:30 Page vi Simpson 00 30/3/09 09:30 Page vii For Janice Simpson 00 30/3/09 09:30 Page viii Simpson 00 30/3/09 09:30 Page ix Acknowledgements Writing an academic book has been the culmination of a long–standing personal ambition. This book in part reflects the achievement of that objective. However, much more importantly, this book seeks to make a genuine contribution to lasting peace in Northern Ireland,and to highlight victims’issues,which for now remain unresolved. I owe the following people sincere and warm thanks, and if the list is exhaustive I ask you as the reader to have patience and consider the part that each of the following individuals played in helping me to get to this point. Firstly, I want to extend gratitude to my colleagues at the Transitional Justice Institute (TJI) at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. The Directorate of the Institute – Professor Colm Campbell, Professor Fionnuala Ni Aoláin and Professor Christine Bell – have successfully created a vibrant, enjoyable and productive working atmosphere in which I been able to produce this work. Not only that, but they have each provided unique academic guidance and direction, and offered individual, penetrating and helpful insights. Very special thanks go to Professor Fionnuala Ni Aoláin for the extremely helpful advice and commentary that she offered on draft chapters of this book.She was never too busy to read my work,and not only provided very constructive feedback but also asked searching questions that gave me motivation and new perspectives on the material. Many more people at the TJI have helped me in both academic and personal ways during this writing odyssey.My esteemed former colleague Dr Phil Clark was especiallyhelpful.Ithank him for his impassioned and invig- orating intellectual companionship,humour and friendship. The atmosphere at the TJI is one of friendly,supportive collegiality and it would be remiss of me not to thank the following:Ms Catherine Turner;Ms Ita Connolly;Dr Anne Smith;Ms Lisa Gormley;Ms Mary O’Rawe;Dr Shane Darcy; Dr Jeremie Gilbert; Ms Elaine McCoubrey; Ms Emer Carlin and Dr Michael Hamilton.
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