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On the Obfuscation of the Past

In the haste to end violence in deeply divided societies, parties involved in conflicts tend to avoid addressing the painful legacy of the violent past for fear of destabilizing the tentative move toward peace. In an attempt to prevent peace processes from being derailed before they can gain momentum, difficult questions about why individuals and groups turned to violence in the first place are left to the future. Consequently, debates about the past are cloaked in socially transformative discourses and symbolism, employed as an adhesive to bind together rival groups in more peaceful relationships. In places where concepts of the nation and the state overlap, this can be a genuinely cathartic process and may bring people closer together amid the foundational myths of shared experience. In societies divided by ethnicity, national identity, and religion, however, the obfuscation of the past can have serious repercussions for the sustainability of peace settlements in the longer term.