The restorative remedy that Hannah Arendt proposed within the
otherwise unpredictable realm of political life was the act of
forgiveness. Arendt perceived forgiveness as an imported faculty,
one that is not part of the political process itself. In a close
look at the role that forgiveness played in the framework of the
Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa, this work
contrasts this view with social views of forgiveness. What the
South African case helps to show is that one cannot uncritically
introduce forgiveness as a remedy for politics without a discussion
of the various conflicts, necessary conventions and social
conditions that such an ambitious prescription would demand. With
the conditions that the act of forgiving demands on the
interpersonal level and with the conditioning it undergoes when
made part of an aggregate political process such as the
construction of national unity, the struggle over forgiveness is
part of the political process itself rather than an imported
remedy.
General
Imprint: |
VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
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Country of origin: |
Germany |
Release date: |
May 2008 |
First published: |
May 2008 |
Authors: |
Benjamin Nienass
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 4mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
84 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-639-02134-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
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LSN: |
3-639-02134-7 |
Barcode: |
9783639021349 |
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