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Danielle Celermajer - The Sins of the Nation and the Ritual of Apologies, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

The Sins of the Nation and the Ritual of Apologies

Av Danielle Celermajer

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In the last years of the twentieth century, political leaders the world over began to apologize for wrongs in their nations' pasts. Many dismissed these apologies as 'mere words', cynical attempts to avoid more costly forms of reparation; others rejected them as inappropriate encroachments into politics or forms of action that belonged in personal relationships or religion. To understand apology's extraordinary political emergence, we have to suspend our automatic interpretations of what it means for nations to apologize and interrogate their meaning afresh. Taking the reader on a journey through apology's religious history and contemporary apologetic dramas, this book argues that the apologetic phenomenon marks a new stage in our recognition of the importance of collective responsibility, the place of ritual in addressing national wrongs, and the contribution that practices that once belonged in the religious sphere might make to contemporary politics.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2009-04-27
  • Mått: 164 x 240 x 24 mm
  • Vikt: 550 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 294
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9780521516693
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Danielle Celermajer is currently a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Sydney. She was formerly Director of Indigenous Policy at the Australian Human Rights Commission. She was the recipient of grants from the Fulbright Foundation, a Mellon Fellowship, and the Rockefeller Foundation. She has written extensively on transitional justice, human rights, religion, and the political thought of Hannah Arendt, and she recently co-edited a forthcoming book on Hannah Arendt and political judgment.

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'An extraordinary inquiry into what political apologies are, why today they are valued and valuable, and how they may be reconciled with liberal democratic norms. Drawing on an impressive range of historical and contemporary sources, Sins of the Nation shows how contemporary politics and political theory can benefit from the wisdom of some of our major religious traditions. It is destined to be a landmark work on the subject.' Geoffrey Levey, University of New South Wales

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