The Truth about Loyalty
Emotions, Ex-Combatants and Transitioning from the Past
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8090944 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cheryl Lawther (0000-0002-2510-3386, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 484-504 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Transitional Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-7716 • E-ISSN: 1752-7724 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ijtj/ijx019 |
| OpenAlex | W2614428502 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 8 |
Despite a rich body of literature on ex-combatants in transitional contexts, the reasons why former armed actors may be reluctant to engage with formal mechanisms of truth recovery have been less well explored. This article argues that ex-combatants’ antipathy towards truth recovery cannot be properly understood without a critical interrogation of the emotions vested in the combatant-ex-combatant experience and the intersection between emotions, politics and ideology. In particular, the paper focuses on the emotion of loyalty and its influence on pro-state armed actors. It uses the case of loyalist ex-combatants in Northern Ireland as a prism through which to explore this tension. Four overlapping notions of loyalty are identified - ‘Loyalty as Betrayal’, ‘Loyalty, Blame and Managing Shame’, ‘Loyalty as Silence’ and ‘Loyalty as Protection’. The paper concludes by suggesting the need for greater recognition of the role of loyalty in mediating relationships with and willingness to investigate the past
Aesthetics · Betrayal · Combatant · Loyalty · Political science · Politics · Scapegoating · Silence · Sociology · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Irish and British Studies · Peacebuilding and International Security · Psychology · Law · Philosophy · Social Psychology
Penality in the Underground
Los Excombatientes Y La Memoria
Male Republican Prisoners in Northern Ireland
Violence and repair
Victims of’ human rights abuses in transitional justice
Heroes and hierarchies
Haunting and transitional justice
Decolonising affect
The power of uptake
Victims Who Have Done Nothing or Victims Who Have Done Nothing Wrong
Repentance Rituals and Restorative Justice
The Emotion Dynamics of Transitional Justice
Ex-Combatants, Religion, and Peace in Northern Ireland
Obligation, Loyalty, Exile
Collective Emotions in Conflict Situations
Conflict, Transformation, and Former Loyalist Paramilitary Prisoners in Northern Ireland
The problems of 'pro-state' terrorism
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |