Format:
1 Online-Ressource (184 Seiten) :
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ISBN:
978-0-231-51204-6
Note:
Description based upon print version of record. - 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
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 2008 ISBN 978-0-231-14176-5
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Außenpolitik
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Vergangenheitsbewältigung
