Ethics of Political Commemoration

Hans Gutbrod is Associate Professor at Ilia State University, Tbilisi, and Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Seton Hall University. He has worked in the Caucasus since 1999, was the Regional Director of the Caucasus Research Resource Centers (2006 to 2012), and regularly supports think tank research around the world.David Wood is Professor of Practice at the School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University. He has 18 years’ experience of promoting conflict transformation in violent settings, establishing the peacebuilding organisation Peaceful Change initiative (2011), and the MENA program at the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies (2018).

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Towards an Ethics of Political Commemoration.- Chapter 2: Ius ad Memoriam: What is Deserving of Commemoration?.- Chapter 3: Ius in Memoria: How Should we Commemorate?.- Chapter 4: Commemoration as Path for Conflict Transformation.- Chapter 5: Applying the Framework and its Limitations.- Chapter 6: Conclusion: Roadmap for the Paradigm.