Unsettling Apologies

Critical Writings on Apology from South Africa
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-5292-2795-6
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 330 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 640 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Judge, Melanie

Smythe, Dee

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Politische Unterdrückung & Verfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Power of Apology - Melanie Judge and Dee Smythe
2. We Speak in the Shadow of the Tongues They Took - Siphokazi Jonas
3. Can an Apology Ever Be Enough for Crimes of the Past? - Yasmin Sooka
4. In Pursuit of Harmony: What is the Value of a Court-Ordered Apology? - Sindiso Mnisi Weeks
5. Penance and Punishment: Apology as a Remedy for Hate Speech - Nurina Ally and Kerry Williams
6. On Not Apologising: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and the TRC Hearing into the Mandela United Football Club - Shireen Hassim
7. (Mis)Recognitions in the Racial Apology: Reading the Racist Event and its Fallouts - Nkululeko Nkomo and Peace Kiguwa
8. Apology as a Pathway out of White Unknowing - Christi van der Westhuizen
9. (Re)Collections: Her Sorry, Never Mine - Diane Jefthas
10. Beyond Words: Apologies and Compensation in Sexual Off ences - Leila Khan and Dee Smythe
11. ‘She Told Me to Stop Making a Fuss’: Undignified Treatment, Medical Negligence Claims, and Desires for Apology - Omowamiwa Kolawole
12. Unicorn Sightings: The Corporate Moral Apology in South Africa - Tracey Davies
13. In Black and White: The Hollow Apology of Racialised State Compensation to Freehold Landowners - Thuto Thipe
14. On Apology and the Failure of Shame in the TRC - Jaco Barnard-Naudé
15. Amnesty, Amnesia, and Remembrance: Self-Reflections on a 23-Year-Old Justification - Heinz Klug

Über Autor(innen)

Judge, Melanie
Melanie Judge works with leading civil society organisations and multilateral institutions on strategy, policy and research for sexual and gender rights in Africa, and is an adjunct Associate Professor in Public Law at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Smythe, Dee
Dee Smythe is a Professor of Public Law and Director of the Centre for Law and Society at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and a member of the Centro de Investigação e Desenvolvimento sobre Direito e Sociedade (CEDIS) at the Nova University of Lisbon School of Law, Portugal.

Melanie Judge works with leading civil society organisations and multilateral institutions on strategy, policy and research for sexual and gender rights in Africa and is Adjunct Associate Professor in Public Law at the University of Cape Town.
Dee Smythe is Professor of Public Law and Director of the Centre for Law and Society at the University of Cape Town as well as a member of the Centro de Investigação e Desenvolvimento sobre Direito e Sociedade (CEDIS) at the Nova University of Lisbon School of Law.