Commentary: Right-Wing Extremism and Bias Crime in Germany

Coester, Marc

doi:10.1080/15377930903583095

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“…Unfortunately, this denial of collective harmdoing sends a message of a conspiracy of silence which further enfolds perpetrators, bystanders, and victims. Perpetrators may use silence and denial to avoid responsibility (Coester, 2010; Tsutsui, 2009), to maintain an attitude of “no remorse” and as means for refusing to recognize the moral implications of the violence in which they have been active participants (Baum, 2008; Hatzfeld, 2009). People who assume the position of bystanders often join with perpetrators in claiming that they were innocent parties, did not know what was happening, and have forgotten important details associated with the deaths of victims (Cohen, 2001).…”

Section: Violence and Social Identitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disengaging from genocide harm-doing and healing together between perpetrators, bystanders, and victims in Rwanda.

King

Sakamoto

2015

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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Rwandans have been engaged in reconstruction and reconciliation initiatives since the end of the 1994 Tutsi genocide. How these efforts help perpetrators and bystanders (from the Hutu group) to disengage from harmdoing and work toward the peace and well-being of their collective communities remains understudied. This paper presents part of a research study that examined the role of sharing personal stories through the Healing of Life Wounds (HLW), a community-based program bringing together Tutsi and Hutu community members for mutual healing. Data utilized in the paper draw from individual interviews of 10 participants after HLW workshops, along with observation of 23 participants who completed the intervention, and self-reflective notes generated by the first author. Dialogic performance narrative method was used to analyze and interpret the data. The study results pointed to attitudes negatively affecting social relations and overall well-being of individuals and community functioning. The participants described being nyamwigendaho "minding their own business," an attitude that limited interactions and emotional connections between survivors and nonsurvivors and even within in-groups. The participants found that the HLW program offered them the tools and the space that allowed them to challenge themselves individually and collectively to confront issues that divided them. This process facilitated the development of new understandings of the shared suffering of both Hutus and Tutsis and the roles they each play in inflicting this suffering and commitments to mutual healing. The study results highlight the importance of engaging members of opposing groups in disengaging from the legacy of collective harmdoing and its consequent emotions in order to build sustainable peace.

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Section: Violence and Social Identitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disengaging from genocide harm-doing and healing together between perpetrators, bystanders, and victims in Rwanda.

King

Sakamoto

2015

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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“…Victims of right-wing violence do not belong to a particular ethnicity or nationality. They are targeted by virtue of being a 'foreigner' or an individual of non-German descent (Coester, 2010). The idea of Volksgemeinschaft aids in explaining such hostility.…”

Section: Right-wing Extremism In Germany -Conceptual Framework and Re...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Another Federal Agency that is key to preventing and controlling right-wing extremism is The Bundesamt fur Verfassungsschutz (BfV -The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution), which was established to ensure the free democratic basic order, in accordance with Article 21 of the Grundgesetz fur die Bundesrepublik Deutschland (the German Constitution). The BfV, believes right-wing extremism to undermine this free democratic order; it possesses the authority to ban political parties and groups that facilitate any sort of extremism (Coester, 2010). This Federal Agency believes right-wing extremism, to be a major social problem, and therefore they have taken precautionary measures such as dropout programs known as Aussteigerprogramm (Bundesamt Fur Verfassungsschutz, n.d-d), that offers assistance for citizens willing to opt out of right-wing extremist associations.…”

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Fault Lines in Civilizations and Right Wing Extremism Germany’s: Experiment With Domestic Responsibility vs International Obligation

Joseph

Anthony²

2022

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The influx of refugees in 2015- an aftermath of the Syrian Civil War, propelled European leadership into a predicament of maintaining a cautious balance between international obligations and domestic responsibilities. While most nations adopted harder migration policies, Germany decided to navigate through such a conundrum by adopting pro-migration policies. However, the simultaneous rise in right wing extremism posed a significant threat to those who were considered to be ‘non-German’. The paper analyses the right wing extremist spectrum in Germany from 2015-2018. The paper further employs The Clash of Civilisations thesis with Populism to explain the upsurge in right wing extremism.

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“…Unfortunately, German reunification increased racial discrimination and tension (Coester, 2010;Mushaben, 2010, p. 79;Boswell & Hough, 2008;Faas, 2012).…”

Section: Fall Of the Berlin Wall And The Second Migration Wave: Post-mentioning

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An Alternative Narrative of Integration In Germany through an Ethnographic Exploration of Cuban Immigration

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Commentary: Right-Wing Extremism and Bias Crime in Germany

Cited by 4 publications

References 10 publications

Disengaging from genocide harm-doing and healing together between perpetrators, bystanders, and victims in Rwanda.

Disengaging from genocide harm-doing and healing together between perpetrators, bystanders, and victims in Rwanda.

Fault Lines in Civilizations and Right Wing Extremism Germany’s: Experiment With Domestic Responsibility vs International Obligation

An Alternative Narrative of Integration In Germany through an Ethnographic Exploration of Cuban Immigration

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