ISBN:
9780231141765
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (184 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Troubled Apologies Among Japan, Korea, and the United States
DDC:
303.482520519
Keywords:
Collective memory - Korea (South)
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Whether it's the Vatican addressing its role in the Second World War or the United States atoning for its treatment of native Hawai'ian islanders, apologizing for history has become a standard feature of the international political scene. As Alexis Dudden makes clear, interrogating this process is crucial to understanding the value of the political apology to the state. When governments apologize for past crimes, they take away the substance of apology that victims originally wanted for themselves. They rob victims of the dignity they seek while affording the state a new means with which to le
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: An Island by Any Other Name; Chapter Two: Apologies All Around; Chapter Three: Illegal Japan; Chapter Four: History Out of Bounds; Conclusion: And Now; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
URL:
http://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.7312/dudd14176
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