The Sins of the Nation and the Ritual of Apologies
The Sins of the Nation and the Ritual of Apologies

Author: Danielle Celermajer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-04-27

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 1139477579

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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.

The Sins of the Nation and the Ritual of Apologies
The Sins of the Nation and the Ritual of Apologies

Author: Danielle Celermajer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-04-27

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 0521516692

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This book examines the apology's extraordinary political emergence and significance to ideas of collective responsibility, ritual, and contemporary politics.

Public Apology between Ritual and Regret.
Public Apology between Ritual and Regret.

Author: Barbara Segaert

Publisher: Rodopi

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 9401209537

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Since the 1990s we witness a rise in public apologies. Are we living in the ‘Age of Apology’? Interesting research questions can be raised about the opportunity, the form, the meaning, the effectiveness and the ethical implications of public apologies. Are they not merely a clever and easy device to escape real and tangible responsibility for mistakes or wrong done? Are they not at risk to become well-rehearsed rituals that claim to express regret but, in fact, avoid doing so? In a joint interdisciplinary effort, the contributors to this book, combining findings from their specific fields of research (legal, religious, political, linguistic, marketing and communication studies), attempt to articulate this tension between ritual and sincere regret, between the discourse and the content of apologies, between excuses that pretend and regret that seeks reconciliation.

On the Uses and Abuses of Political Apologies
On the Uses and Abuses of Political Apologies

Author: Mihaela Mihai

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-07-11

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 1137343729

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Examining the complex nature of state apologies for past injustices, this probes the various functions they fulfil within contemporary democracies. Cutting-edge theoretical and empirical research and insightful philosophical analyses are supplemented by real-life case studies, providing a normative and balanced account of states saying 'sorry'.

Carnivalizing Reconciliation
Carnivalizing Reconciliation

Author: Hanna Teichler

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2021-10-15

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1800731736

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Transitional justice and national inquiries may be the most established means for coming to terms with traumatic legacies, but it is in the more subtle social and cultural processes of “memory work” that the pitfalls and promises of reconciliation are laid bare. This book analyzes, within the realms of literature and film, recent Australian and Canadian attempts to reconcile with Indigenous populations in the wake of forced child removal. As Hanna Teichler demonstrates, their systematic emphasis on the subjectivity of the victim is problematic, reproducing simplistic narratives and identities defined by victimization. Such fictions of reconciliation venture beyond simplistic narratives and identities defined by victimization, offering new opportunities for confronting painful histories.

States of apology
States of apology

Author: Michael Cunningham

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2016-05-16

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 184779940X

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This book offers a critical consideration of the apology in politics. It provides a detailed overview of all aspects of the phenomenon of the apology made by states, which has increased significantly since the mid-1980s. It is the product of a decade’s research and reflection on the subject and thus provides a complete coverage of all the key debates and features. States of apology evaluates the relationship between the personal apology and the apology in politics, the political and cultural factors behind its emergence and the philosophical problems generated by the state apologising and in particular the question of responsibility across generations. The book also considers the dynamics of domestic apologies and the relationship of the apology to the field of international relations. It is written in a clear and jargon-free style which will make it accessible to both students and non-students alike.

The Rhetoric of Official Apologies
The Rhetoric of Official Apologies

Author: Lisa S. Villadsen

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2020-10-23

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1793621810

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The Rhetoric of Official Apologies: Critical Essays focuses on the many challenges associated with performing a speech act on behalf of a collective and the concomitant issues of rhetorically tackling the multiple political, social, and philosophical issues at stake when a collective issues an official apology to a group of victims. Contributors address questions of whether collective remorse is possible or credible, how official apologies can be evaluated, who can issue apologies on behalf of whom, and whether there are certain kinds of wrongdoing that simply can’t be addressed in the form of an official apology. Collectively, the book speaks to the relevance of conceptualizing official apologies more broadly as serving multiple rhetorical purposes that span ceremonial and political genres and represent a potentially powerful form of collective self-reflection necessary for political and social advancement.

U.S. Foreign Policy and the Politics of Apology
U.S. Foreign Policy and the Politics of Apology

Author: Loramy Gerstbauer

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2016-10-14

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1315465124

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Acts of contrition and transitional justice—admission of wrong, apology, and reparations—have become fashionable in the discourse of international affairs. Using a case-study approach that inspires student discussion of concrete examples, this text addresses important questions about the politics of apology in relation to some of the most controversial cases of US foreign policy over the past fifty years: Vietnam, Nicaragua, and the most recent war in Iraq. Loramy Gerstbauer offers an original, transdisciplinary, and accessible argument for the practical value of contrition, forgiveness, and reconciliation in international relations while examining why the United States has been a less than contrite nation and offering a prescription for how to change this state of affairs.

State Apologies to Indigenous Peoples
State Apologies to Indigenous Peoples

Author: Francesca Dominello

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-08-16

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 1040048501

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This book considers the ethics and politics of state apologies made to Indigenous peoples. The prevalent tendency to treat an apology as a speech act has maintained the focus on the state leader making the apology and not on the victims’ claims. This book demonstrates the inherent shortcomings of this approach through an examination of apologies delivered to Indigenous peoples in Australia and Canada. Contrasting the texts of these apologies with Indigenous peoples' responses, the book develops an understanding of apology as a relational process. This involves engaging indigenous peoples in dialogue, the aim of which would be to address past injuries by fulfilling the apology's transformative promise of 'never again' to indigenous peoples' satisfaction. The book concludes by examining more recent developments in Australia and Canada that highlight the contunuing need for government accountability to fulfil this promise and ensure indigenous people's rights and interests are upheld. This book will be of considerable interest to scholars and students in the fields of law and politics , Indigenous studies; forgiveness studies; transitional justice and reconciliation; settler colonialism and decolonisation.

Enduring Injustice
Enduring Injustice

Author: Jeff Spinner-Halev

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-04-19

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1107017513

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Argues that understanding the impact of past injustices faced by some peoples can help us understand and overcome injustice today.