Memory, trust and fear in post-conflict societies
Апстракт
The paper deals with the importance of common knowledge based on shared memory for the character of social cooperation. The findings are based on the background of Serbian experience with dealing with the past. The stabilization of a common stock of knowledge is valuable for establishing sustainable patterns of cooperation. The nexus between shared knowledge and different modalities of action is elaborated. Fearful and trustful actions are taken as basic modalities. Both are concerned with uncertainty over time and coping with the freedom of others as independent agents, but they evoke different expectations concerning the prospects of possible cooperation. The common assumptions of mutual expectations are crucial for the choice of cooperative strategy. Trustful cooperation is based on relying on others, while fearful action is based on an apprehension of threat. A "history of play" informs parties on mutual expectations. The irreducibility of shared memories shows that institutional i...ncentives and signals are not able to stabilize shared knowledge on mutual expectations. The paper suggests that different conceptualizations are linked to different modalities of action and that rebuilding damaged relations requires shared reconstruction of a history of mutual relations. The thesis relies on a substantive argument about the particularity of common knowledge and a general argument based on the formal structure of social cooperation.
Кључне речи:
Common knowledge / Cooperation / Fear / Memory / Serbia / TrustИзвор:
Southeastern Europe, 2013, 37, 2, 179-199Колекције
Институција/група
FPNTY - JOUR AU - Pavićević, Đorđe PY - 2013 UR - http://rfpn.fpn.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/407 AB - The paper deals with the importance of common knowledge based on shared memory for the character of social cooperation. The findings are based on the background of Serbian experience with dealing with the past. The stabilization of a common stock of knowledge is valuable for establishing sustainable patterns of cooperation. The nexus between shared knowledge and different modalities of action is elaborated. Fearful and trustful actions are taken as basic modalities. Both are concerned with uncertainty over time and coping with the freedom of others as independent agents, but they evoke different expectations concerning the prospects of possible cooperation. The common assumptions of mutual expectations are crucial for the choice of cooperative strategy. Trustful cooperation is based on relying on others, while fearful action is based on an apprehension of threat. A "history of play" informs parties on mutual expectations. The irreducibility of shared memories shows that institutional incentives and signals are not able to stabilize shared knowledge on mutual expectations. The paper suggests that different conceptualizations are linked to different modalities of action and that rebuilding damaged relations requires shared reconstruction of a history of mutual relations. The thesis relies on a substantive argument about the particularity of common knowledge and a general argument based on the formal structure of social cooperation. T2 - Southeastern Europe T1 - Memory, trust and fear in post-conflict societies EP - 199 IS - 2 SP - 179 VL - 37 DO - 10.1163/18763332-03702004 ER -
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Pavićević, Đ.. (2013). Memory, trust and fear in post-conflict societies. in Southeastern Europe, 37(2), 179-199. https://doi.org/10.1163/18763332-03702004
Pavićević Đ. Memory, trust and fear in post-conflict societies. in Southeastern Europe. 2013;37(2):179-199. doi:10.1163/18763332-03702004 .
Pavićević, Đorđe, "Memory, trust and fear in post-conflict societies" in Southeastern Europe, 37, no. 2 (2013):179-199, https://doi.org/10.1163/18763332-03702004 . .