Sins Of The Parents: Politics Of National Apologies In The U.S.Temple University Press, 03.09.2009 - 256 Seiten Debates have swirled around the question of national forgiveness for the past fifty years. Using two examples—the land claims of the Oneida Indians and the claims for reparations to Japanese Americans interned during World War II—Brian Weiner suggests a way of thinking about national misdeeds. Arguing beyond collective "innocence" or "guilt," Sins of the Parents offers a model of collective responsibility to deal with past wrongs in such a way as to reinvigorate our notion of citizenship. Drawing upon the writings of Abraham Lincoln and Hannah Arendt, Weiner offers a definition of political responsibility that at once defines citizenship and sidesteps the familial, racial, and ethnic questions that often ensnare debates about national apologies. An original contribution to political theory and practice, Sins of the Parents will become a much discussed contribution in the debate about what it is to be an American. |
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... Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Weiner , Brian A. , 1959- Sins of the parents : the politics of national apologies in the United States / Brian A. Weiner . p . cm . ( Politics , history , and social change ) Includes ...
... Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Weiner , Brian A. , 1959- Sins of the parents : the politics of national apologies in the United States / Brian A. Weiner . p . cm . ( Politics , history , and social change ) Includes ...
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... Congress.2 The 1988 law was signed by Ronald Reagan contrary to earlier statements made by his Attorney General . Reagan's de- cision to sign rather than veto the law reflects the sea change in na- tional and international sentiment ...
... Congress.2 The 1988 law was signed by Ronald Reagan contrary to earlier statements made by his Attorney General . Reagan's de- cision to sign rather than veto the law reflects the sea change in na- tional and international sentiment ...
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... Congress passed the Indian Claims Commission Act , establishing a method whereby any and all property claims Indian tribes wished to bring forward could be investigated and settled . " The Oneida claims explored in the next chapter ...
... Congress passed the Indian Claims Commission Act , establishing a method whereby any and all property claims Indian tribes wished to bring forward could be investigated and settled . " The Oneida claims explored in the next chapter ...
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... Congress and the public of the presence and relevance of past wrongs to present politics . Moreover , contending with versions of the reconstructed past that glorify or downplay past injustices , they have had to argue for the relevance ...
... Congress and the public of the presence and relevance of past wrongs to present politics . Moreover , contending with versions of the reconstructed past that glorify or downplay past injustices , they have had to argue for the relevance ...
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... Congress , as well as state courts and legislatures , to invalidate land trans- actions completed in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and to return huge tracts of land to the original and , as the tribes contend ...
... Congress , as well as state courts and legislatures , to invalidate land trans- actions completed in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and to return huge tracts of land to the original and , as the tribes contend ...
Inhalt
1 | |
26 | |
The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 | 47 |
3 The Birth and Death of Political Memories | 84 |
4 The Political Responsibilities of Citizens | 113 |
5 The Political Promise and Limitations of National Apologies | 138 |
Citizenship in the Shadows of Misdeeds | 174 |
Notes | 189 |
Bibliography | 225 |
Index | 239 |
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