Unsettling Apologies : : Critical Writings on Apology from South Africa / / ed. by Melanie Judge, Dee Smythe.
There has recently been a global resurgence of demands for the acknowledgement of historical and contemporary wrongs, as well as for apologies and reparation for harms suffered. Drawing on the histories of injustice, dispossession and violence in South Africa, this book examines the cultural, politi...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2022 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Bristol : : Bristol University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Law, Society, Policy
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (330 p.) |
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Other title: | Front Matter -- Contents -- Series Editor’s Preface -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- The Power of Apology -- We Speak in the Shadow of the Tongues They Took -- Can an Apology Ever Be Enough for Crimes of the Past? -- In Pursuit of Harmony: What Is the Value of a Court-Ordered Apology? -- Penance and Punishment: Apology as a Remedy for Hate Speech -- On Not Apologising: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and the TRC Hearing into the Mandela United Football Club -- (Mis)Recognitions in the Racial Apology: Reading the Racist Event and its Fallouts -- Apology as a Pathway Out of White Unknowing -- (Re)Collections: Her Sorry, Never Mine -- Beyond Words: Apologies and Compensation in Sexual Offences -- ‘She Told Me to Stop Making a Fuss’: Undignified Treatment, Medical Negligence Claims, and Desires for Apology -- Unicorn Sightings: The Corporate Moral Apology in South Africa -- In Black and White: The Hollow Apology of Racialised State Compensation to Freehold Landowners -- On Apology and the Failure of Shame in the TRC -- Amnesty, Amnesia, and Remembrance: Self-Reflections on a 23-Year-Old Justification -- Index |
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Summary: | There has recently been a global resurgence of demands for the acknowledgement of historical and contemporary wrongs, as well as for apologies and reparation for harms suffered. Drawing on the histories of injustice, dispossession and violence in South Africa, this book examines the cultural, political and legal role, and value of, an apology. It explores the multiple ways in which ‘sorry’ is instituted, articulated and performed, and critically analyses its various forms and functions in both historical and contemporary moments. Bringing together an interdisciplinary team of contributors, the book’s analysis offers insights that will be invaluable to global debates on the struggle for justice. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781529227987 9783111196770 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Melanie Judge, Dee Smythe. |