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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... Court twice ) . The land claims paint an unsettling por- t ait of American history and challenge key concepts of American political identity , most particularly the myths that America was a virgin " New World " discovered and civilized ...
... Court twice ) . The land claims paint an unsettling por- t ait of American history and challenge key concepts of American political identity , most particularly the myths that America was a virgin " New World " discovered and civilized ...
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... courts as a forum for collective grievances . 14 The liberal consensus , dominant in most accounts of American history , politics , and society up through the 1950s and early 1960s , portrayed the United States in a celebra- tory and ...
... courts as a forum for collective grievances . 14 The liberal consensus , dominant in most accounts of American history , politics , and society up through the 1950s and early 1960s , portrayed the United States in a celebra- tory and ...
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... court decisions calling for broad reme- dial measures.23 U.S. movements demanding remedies in response to past political wrongs display a similar bifurcated approach , al- though the movements have not always effectively combined a ...
... court decisions calling for broad reme- dial measures.23 U.S. movements demanding remedies in response to past political wrongs display a similar bifurcated approach , al- though the movements have not always effectively combined a ...
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... courts have been a primary forum where advocates for compensation have made their arguments , necessitating the framing of their demands in terms recognizable and acceptable to the courts,56 However , the " juridi- calization " of the ...
... courts have been a primary forum where advocates for compensation have made their arguments , necessitating the framing of their demands in terms recognizable and acceptable to the courts,56 However , the " juridi- calization " of the ...
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... Courts and 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 ...
... Courts and 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 ...
Inhalt
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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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Sins Of The Parents: Politics Of National Apologies In The U.S. Brian Weiner Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2009 |
Sins Of The Parents: Politics Of National Apologies In The U.S. Brian Weiner Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2005 |
Sins Of The Parents: Politics Of National Apologies In The U.S. Brian Weiner Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2005 |
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