Agonistic Transitional Justice and the Pursuit of Post-liberal Peace: Beyond One Single Truth

The liberal approach to transitional justice and peacebuilding has been widely critiqued for its shallow approach to gendered inclusion and inattention to local context, yet has historically remained dominant. This book puts forward an alternative framework: agonistic transitional justice.

Agonism embraces contestation and multiplicity rather than trying to work towards consensus or objectivity. To assess the feasibility of agonistic approaches as an alternative to the liberal model, the bo...