The Peace Academy was a partner with the Network for Peacebuilding in translating and publishing five academic books dedicated to the fight against right-wing populism, religious and ethno-national radicalization and violent extremism intended for the academic and activist communities. This project was initiated to make globally important topics additionally accessible to the BiH academic and activist communities by presenting and distributing the books free of charge.
The fourth book entitled Les enfants du chaos: Essai sur le temps des martyrs [Children of chaos. Essay on the time of martyrs] (Editions La Découverte, Paris, 2016), by French anthropologist Alain Bertho, is a collection of personal reflections on the pervasiveness of violence around the world, on the one hand, and on the global sense of uncertainty and the disappearance of politics (understood as what is a potent, utopian project), which leaves a gap in the human need for anticipation, hope and vision of the future. The consequences of this are especially devastating for young people. Although the French public is the one addressed by the author, the book could also be interpreted as a kind of call to seek the cause of radicalization within one's own society.
Access to the BCS translation can be found via the BCS Publications pages.
The project was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implementation was supported by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) within the BHRI program.
