On the Uses and Abuses of Political Apologies [electronic resource] /
Mihai, Mihaela.author.
Thaler, Mathias.author.
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'.
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Theoretical Foundations; 1 Beyond the Ideal Political Apology; 2 Political Apologies and Categorical Apologies; Part II: Rites and Rituals of Regret; 3 From Mea Culpa to Nostra Culpa: A Reparative Apology from the Catholic Church?; 4 The Power of Ritual Ceremonies in State Apologies: An Empirical Analysis of the Bilateral Polish-Russian Commemoration Ceremony in Katyn in 2010; 5 Confessing the Holocaust: The Evolution of German Guilt; Part III: Challenging Cases
6 Revisiting the 'Membership Theory of Apologies': Apology Politics in Australia and Canada7 The Canadian Apology to Indigenous Residential School Survivors: A Case Study of Renegotiation of Social Relations; 8 What Makes a State Apology Authoritative? Lessons from Post-Authoritarian Brazil; Part IV: Obstacles and Limitations; 9 The Apology in Democracies: Reflections on the Challenges of Competing Goods, Citizenship, Nationalism and Pluralist Politics; 10 An Apology for Public Apologies?; 11 Reasoning Like a State: Integration and the Limits of Official Regret; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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'.
Political science.
Political theory.
Criminology.
Human rights.
Political communication.
Personality.
Social psychology.
Political Science.
Political Theory.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Human Rights.
Political Communication.
Personality and Social Psychology.