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The politics of truth and reconciliation in South Africa : legitimizing the post-apartheid state, Richard A. Wilson
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- Summary
- "The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was set up to deal with the human rights violations of apartheid during the years 1960-1994. However, as Wilson shows, the TRC's restorative justice approach to healing the nation did not always serve the needs of communities at a local level. Based on extended anthropological fieldwork, this book illustrates the impact of the TRC in urban African communities in the Johannesburg area. While a religious constituency largely embraced the Commission's religious-redemptive language of reconciliation, Wilson argues that the TRC had little effect on popular ideas of justice as retribution. This provocative study deepens our understanding of post-apartheid South Africa and the use of human rights discourse. It ends on a call for more cautious and realistic expectations about what human rights institutions can achieve in democratizing countries."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxi, 271 pages)
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Reconciliation in society : religious values and procedural pragmatism
- 6.
- Vengeance, revenge and retribution
- 7.
- Reconciliation with a vengeance
- 8.
- Conclusions : human rights, reconciliation and retribution
- 1.
- Human rights and nation-building
- 2.
- Technologies of truth : the TRC's truth-making machine
- 3.
- The politics of truth and human rights
- 4.
- Reconciliation through truth?
- Isbn
- 9780511674860
- Label
- The politics of truth and reconciliation in South Africa : legitimizing the post-apartheid state
- Title
- The politics of truth and reconciliation in South Africa
- Title remainder
- legitimizing the post-apartheid state
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard A. Wilson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was set up to deal with the human rights violations of apartheid during the years 1960-1994. However, as Wilson shows, the TRC's restorative justice approach to healing the nation did not always serve the needs of communities at a local level. Based on extended anthropological fieldwork, this book illustrates the impact of the TRC in urban African communities in the Johannesburg area. While a religious constituency largely embraced the Commission's religious-redemptive language of reconciliation, Wilson argues that the TRC had little effect on popular ideas of justice as retribution. This provocative study deepens our understanding of post-apartheid South Africa and the use of human rights discourse. It ends on a call for more cautious and realistic expectations about what human rights institutions can achieve in democratizing countries."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1964-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wilson, Richard
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DT1974.2
- LC item number
- .W55 2001eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Cambridge studies in law and society
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- South Africa
- Reconciliation
- South Africa
- Apartheid
- Post-apartheid era
- South Africa
- Retribution
- Label
- The politics of truth and reconciliation in South Africa : legitimizing the post-apartheid state, Richard A. Wilson
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-262) and index
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- online resource
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- cr
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- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
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- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Reconciliation in society : religious values and procedural pragmatism
- 6.
- Vengeance, revenge and retribution
- 7.
- Reconciliation with a vengeance
- 8.
- Conclusions : human rights, reconciliation and retribution
- 1.
- Human rights and nation-building
- 2.
- Technologies of truth : the TRC's truth-making machine
- 3.
- The politics of truth and human rights
- 4.
- Reconciliation through truth?
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxi, 271 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780511674860
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
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- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps.
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- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)593325573
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web via Internet
- Label
- The politics of truth and reconciliation in South Africa : legitimizing the post-apartheid state, Richard A. Wilson
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-262) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Reconciliation in society : religious values and procedural pragmatism
- 6.
- Vengeance, revenge and retribution
- 7.
- Reconciliation with a vengeance
- 8.
- Conclusions : human rights, reconciliation and retribution
- 1.
- Human rights and nation-building
- 2.
- Technologies of truth : the TRC's truth-making machine
- 3.
- The politics of truth and human rights
- 4.
- Reconciliation through truth?
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxi, 271 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780511674860
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)593325573
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web via Internet
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