The psychopolitics of motherhood in post-conflict public policies: The cases of the PKK and ISIS

Abstract

After discussing the reconstruction of heritage sites in post-conflict regions, this chapter takes up the unique angle of psychopolitics to look at the potential power of motherhood in post-conflict public policy-making. The current research on conflict and its psychopolitical impacts is mostly centered around individuals; either the victims or the perpetrators (Jensen et al., Terrorism and Political Violence 32:1067-1090, 2020). What is also mostly ignored in the formulation of current conflict and post-conflict policies is the impact of those individuals and their actions on their families and also the societal challenges these families experience when a family member is convicted of an act of terror. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023. All rights reserved.