Understanding Conflict Imaginaries: Provocations from Colombia and Indonesia

by Simon Philpott

This Palgrave Pivot argues that if we are to understand civil conflict we need to grasp how everyday life is shaped by local conflict imaginaries. In order to examine this claim the book sets out to explore the contours of conflict imaginaries from two very different sites of conflict. Both Colombia and Indonesia have suffered from the collective trauma of political violence but in very different social, cultural and political contexts. Sketching...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031039750
• ISBN13: 9783031039751
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 133 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"