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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... Commission in 1951 and remain unresolved at the time of this writing ) , and among the most contested ( the claims have been heard before the Supreme Court twice ) . The land claims paint an unsettling por- t ait of American history and ...
... Commission in 1951 and remain unresolved at the time of this writing ) , and among the most contested ( the claims have been heard before the Supreme Court twice ) . The land claims paint an unsettling por- t ait of American history and ...
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... 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 began with a petition to the Indian ...
... 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 began with a petition to the Indian ...
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... commissions . Therapeutic - inspired responses may risk , however , depoliticizing political wrongs inasmuch as psychological healing could conceiv- ably take place without the relationship berween the wrongdoer and the wronged being ...
... commissions . Therapeutic - inspired responses may risk , however , depoliticizing political wrongs inasmuch as psychological healing could conceiv- ably take place without the relationship berween the wrongdoer and the wronged being ...
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... commission established in 1980 to study the events precipitating the executive order concluded that rather than wartime emergency orace prejudiceewar hysteria , and a failure of political leadership " were the " broad historical causes ...
... commission established in 1980 to study the events precipitating the executive order concluded that rather than wartime emergency orace prejudiceewar hysteria , and a failure of political leadership " were the " broad historical causes ...
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... Commission in the 1950s to the Court of Claims , from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals , and twice have been heard before the Supreme Court . After nearly fifty years of litigation , negotiation , and legislation the ...
... Commission in the 1950s to the Court of Claims , from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals , and twice have been heard before the Supreme Court . After nearly fifty years of litigation , negotiation , and legislation the ...
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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