On the Uses and Abuses of Political Apologies

2014. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-34371-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4287 g

Reihe: Rhetoric, Politics and Society

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'.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mihai, Mihaela

Thaler, Mathias

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; Mihaela Mihai and Mathias Thaler PART I: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS 2. Beyond the Ideal Political Apology; Alice MacLachlan 3. Political Apologies and Categorical Apologies; Nick Smith PART II: RITES AND RITUALS OF REGRET 4. From Mea Culpa to Nostra Culpa: A Reparative Apology from the Catholic Church?; Danielle Celemajer 5. The Power of Ritual Ceremonies in State Apologies: An Empirical Analysis of the Bilateral Polish-Russian Commemoration Ceremony in Katyn in 2010; Michel-Andre Horelt 6. Confessing the Holocaust: The Evolution of German Guilt; Stefan Engert PART III CHALLENGING CASES 7. Revisiting the 'Membership Theory of Apologies': Apology Politics in Australia and Canada; Melissa Nobles 8. The Canadian Apology to Indigenous Residential School Survivors: A Case Study of Re-Negotiation of Social Relations; Neil Funk-Unrau 9. What Makes a State Apology Authoritative? Lessons from Post-Authoritarian Brazil; Nina Schneider PART IV: OBSTACLES AND LIMITATIONS 10. The Apology in Democracies: Reflections on the Challenges of Competing Goods, Citizenship, Nationalism and Pluralist Politics; Michael Cunningham 11. An Apology for Public Apologies; Juan Espindola 12. Reasoning Like a State: Integration and the Limits of Official Regret; Cindy Holder

Über Autor(innen)

Danielle Celermajer, University of Sydney, Australia
Michael Cunningham, University of Wolverhampton, UK
Stefan Engert, J. W. Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Juan Espindola, National University of Mexico

Neil Funk-Unrau, Menno Simons College, Canada
Cindy Holder, University of Victoria, Canada

Michel-André Horelt, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
Alice MacLachlan, York University, Canada
Melissa Nobles, Massachusetts Insitute of Technology, USA
Nina Schneider, University of Konstanz, Germany
Nick Smith, University of New Hampshire, USA