Between Remembering and Forgetting the Years of Political Violence: Psychosocial Impact of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Peru
Autor: | Rosa María Cueto, Evelyn Seminario, Iris Jave, Félix Reátegui, Tesania Velázquez, Salvador Antonio Mireles Sandoval, Darío Páez, Agustín Espinosa |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
Forgiveness
Forgetting Sociology and Political Science Social Psychology Socioemotional selectivity theory media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Ambivalence 050105 experimental psychology Developmental psychology Philosophy Clinical Psychology Perception Political Science and International Relations Political violence 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Association (psychology) Psychology Social psychology Psychosocial media_common |
Zdroj: | Political Psychology. 38:849-866 |
ISSN: | 0162-895X |
Popis: | This article analyzes the association between knowledge of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), evaluation of TRC's achievements, experience of victimization, attitudes toward remembering and forgetting past political violence, perceptions of socioemotional climate (SEC), belief in forgiveness and attitudes toward violence in Peru based on a study conducted in three Peruvian cities with different rates of victimization due to political violence during 1980–2000 (n = 1200). Results showed that a positive attitude toward remembering the past of political violence was predominant and related to a positive evaluation of TRC's achievements. Attitude toward remembering also has an ambivalent collective effect increasing both positive and negative SECs, and it is less accepted by victims of political violence. On the other hand, attitude toward forgetting is less accepted by participants, and it also has an ambivalent effect by increasing positive and negative SECs. Attitude toward forgetting has more societal costs, since it is related to attitudes toward violence and decreased knowledge and a positive evaluation of TRC. In general, findings suggest that remembering traumatic events has an emotional cost, but also it is shown that remembering seems to be more beneficial for society in the long-term than forgetting. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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