A Troubled Sleep

James Waller is Cohen Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and chair of that same department, at Keene State College (NH-US). He is the author of five books, most notably Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing and Confronting Evil: Engaging Our Responsibility to Prevent Genocide. Waller has held numerous visiting professorships, most recently as an honorary visiting research professor in the George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Justice and Security at Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland (2017), as well as participating in policymaking and diplomatic efforts to prevent and respond to genocide and violent conflict. In 2017, he was the inaugural recipient of the Engaged Scholarship Prize from the International Association of Genocide Scholars in recognition of his exemplary engagement in advancing genocide awareness and prevention.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction: A Brutal Duality

Part I - Wounded Identities

Chapter 1: "You're One or the Other:" Social Identities in Deeply Divided Societies
Chapter 2: "Two Eyes on the Past:" Northern Ireland's Wounded History

Part II - Risk and Resilience in Contemporary Northern Ireland
Understanding Risk and Resilience
Chapter 3: "Was There Ever A Before?" The Tyranny of Memory
Chapter 4: "With Deep Regret and Reluctance:" Governance in a Deeply Divided Society
Chapter 5: "The Walls Entered Into Our Souls:" Social Fragmentation in Everyday Life

Part III - A Troubled Sleep
Chapter 6: "A Farewell to Peace?:" Escalating Risk and Fading Resilience
Conclusion: "I Hope It Wasn't All a Waste:" Northern Ireland At Its Centenary

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Index