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The sins of the nation and the ritual of apologies

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Celermajer Danielle
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge New York
Publication Dates: c2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Apologizing > Political aspects
Restorative justice
Entschuldigung
Politik
Wiedergutmachung
Kollektivschuld
Carrier Form: x, 283 p.: ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780521516693 (hardback)
0521516692 (hardback)
Index Number: D0
CLC: D0
Call Number: D0/C392
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the apology and political theory -- The apology phenomenon -- Apologies as speech acts -- Judaism's apology: reconstituting the community -- The privatization of repentance in Christianity -- Australia's divided history -- Saying sorry in Australia -- Apology's responsibility -- Apology as political action.
This study examines the apology's extraordinary political emergence and significance to ideas of collective responsibility, ritual, and contemporary politics.

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