The Sins of the Nation and the Ritual of Apologies

by Danielle Celermajer

In the last years of the twentieth century, political leaders the world over began to apologize for wrongs in their nations' pasts. Many dismissed these apologies as "mere words," cynical attempts to avoid more costly forms of reparation; others rejected them as inappropriate encroachments into politics or forms of action that belonged in personal relationships or religion. Yet, political apologies have gripped nations and provoked tremendous resistance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521516692
• ISBN13: 9780521516693
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"