incomplete reconciliation nelson molina valencia
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INCOMPLETE RECONCILIATION, A STEP TO LIVE TOGETHER
Nelson Molina Valencia, Ph.D Universidad del Valle. Colombia.
AN EXPERIENCE FROM COLOMBIA
AN EXPERIENCE FROM COLOMBIA
TWO NOTIONS
RECONCILIATION A social process. Construction of results. Complete or
incomplete.
FORGIVENESS An individual process. Particular decisions.
RECONCILIATION
COMPLETE Comes from feelings
and thoughts of the offended society as a whole.
Laws. It is a purpose.
INCOMPLETE Comes from the
relationship between the people affected and the offenders.
It is a direct practice. It is not always
proportional to laws. It is realistic.
The distance between the experience of reconciliation of the people involved in the conflict and government policies is huge.
Besides, it limits the effective possibilities of reconciliation in the country.
Truth, justice and reparation for all the cases of affected people are not possible.
Then, reconciliation must consider those limitations.
Reconciliation is a goal to prevent, in the first place, new acts of direct violence and destruction.
INCOMPLETE RECONCILIATION
The proposal is to explain the experience of reconciliation that is based on the relationship between
the offenders and the people affected by the conflict. By means of such an experience it is possible to
identify effective conditions for conflict transformation.
This path to reconciliation is characterized by tension
between appreciative conditions in the relationship (through
shared living conditions) and the discomfort resulting from
violence in affected individuals.
Dialogue, permanent verbalization and accompanying processes of collective memory are the most
important conditions which have made it possible to move towards reconciliation processes in small
communities in Colombia.
Reconciliation is a slow process, which has lasted for several generations. However, it is a way to achieve the conflict transformation. The most important thing is to renounce to violence as a form of relationship.
{ A realistic and appreciative perspective:
Incomplete reconciliation is similar to imperfect peace, but it is a complete and
perfect way to live together.
INCOMPLETE RECONCILIATION
Why is it realistic?
Why is it appreciative?
INCOMPLETE
COMPLETE
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