In the balance - South Africans debate reconciliation (Paperback)

Reconciliation is an open and urgent question. We do not agree about what reconciliation means, or how it works. We certainly do not agree about what it has done or the ways in which it can be brought to bear on the problems that confront South Africa today. In short, reconciliation keeps us off balance. In the balance opens a space for critical and imaginative reflection on the contested legacy, contemporary meanings, and future possibilities of reconciliation in South Africa. With essays from a diverse and leading set of commentators, the title aims to move beyond current thinking about reconciliation. Presenting the good news with the bad, the staunch advocates of reconciliation along with its sharpest critics, it seeks to provide individuals, citizens and publics with ideas about how and why they might wish to undertake their own discussions and deliberations about the meaning and value of reconciliation. Direct and thought-provoking, the essays here offer staunch defenses and pointed criticisms of reconciliation. Together, they challenge the conventional wisdom and sound an important call: once again, it is time to ask after reconciliation's meaning, practice and value.

General

Imprint:	Jacana Media
Country of origin:	South Africa
Release date:	June 2010
First published:	2011
Editors:	Fanie du Toit • Erik Doxtader
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	178
ISBN-13:	978-1-77009-837-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
LSN:	1-77009-837-2
Barcode:	9781770098374

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