ABSTRACT
We know where Nietzsche went with this thought. That we tame animals, moral inside and out, are nothing if not ‘good’ people. And yet humans commit the worst atrocities, crimes against humanity amongst them. Reconciliation is one response to this legacy of atrocity. Its impetus is in part to expose – for the record, for history – to make public that which has been committed in the dark. Reconciliation has other motivations, to signal the end of conflict, violence and injustice, as well as to repair, restore and reintegrate. By bearing witness to testimony it gives a voice to the survivors of violence. It is also enacted for the dead. It is an attempt to look evil in the face so that it shall be no more, nunca más.
