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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 apologi
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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.
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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 opportu
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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
Carnivalizing Reconciliation
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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 a