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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... sense any responsibility stemming from it . Identi- fication with past political actors and their deeds is required for political responsibility to take root . Yet , the identification must provoke both pride and shame . Too much pride ...
... sense any responsibility stemming from it . Identi- fication with past political actors and their deeds is required for political responsibility to take root . Yet , the identification must provoke both pride and shame . Too much pride ...
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... sense of order and chal- lenge its sense of meaning as to demand a response even after a lengthy passage of time . We can even go so far as to assert that a polity's historical identity is itself a political artifact rather than an ...
... sense of order and chal- lenge its sense of meaning as to demand a response even after a lengthy passage of time . We can even go so far as to assert that a polity's historical identity is itself a political artifact rather than an ...
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... sense of time itself — its speed or pace.70 That is , within the American nation - state , there may be neither a shared history nor a shared sense of time's tempo . As political theorist Sheldon Wolin has written , " There is no single ...
... sense of time itself — its speed or pace.70 That is , within the American nation - state , there may be neither a shared history nor a shared sense of time's tempo . As political theorist Sheldon Wolin has written , " There is no single ...
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... sense of political identity from which political respon- sibility may derive . The book strives to bring to light an alternative vision , one in which a polity consciously chooses to respond to the presence of past wrongs to move toward ...
... sense of political identity from which political respon- sibility may derive . The book strives to bring to light an alternative vision , one in which a polity consciously chooses to respond to the presence of past wrongs to move toward ...
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... sense of " at - homeness " is at risk , for implicit ( and at times explicit ) to Indian land claims is the troubling conclusion that present - day owners are but strangers on the land , squatting with- out rightful legal title . This ...
... sense of " at - homeness " is at risk , for implicit ( and at times explicit ) to Indian land claims is the troubling conclusion that present - day owners are but strangers on the land , squatting with- out rightful legal title . This ...
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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