Taking Wrongs Seriously: Acknowledgment, Reconciliation, and the Politics of Sustainable Peace

by Trudy Govier

How can we respond in the aftermath of wrongdoing? How can social trust be restored in the wake of intense political conflict? In this challenging work, philosopher Trudy Govier explores central dilemmas of political reconciliation, employing illustrative material from Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Australia, Canada, Peru, and elsewhere.Govier stresses that reconciliation is fundamentally about relationships. Whether through means of truth commissions,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591024250
• ISBN13: 9781591024255
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Humanities Press Intl
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.5"