Apologia Politica
States & Their Apologies by Proxy- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2006
Summary
Apologia Politica defines and explores the nature of public apology. Focusing on collectivities and their agencies in the apology process, author Girma Negash examines public apology as ethical and public discourse, recommends criteria for the apology process, analyzes historical and contemporary cases, and formulates a guide to ethical conduct in public apologies. This is a groundbreaking work, elaborating upon the interface between ethics and statecraft in the domain of public apology. Using democracy, moral identity, and accumulated wisdom as a yardstick in the prescription of ethical conduct, Apologia Politica proposes four imperatives for successful public apology: acknowledgement; public exposure and truth-telling; remorse through public record; and, finally, defining identity for accountability. It is a valuable resource for those interested in peace-building or the relationships between Germany and Israel, Japan and its neighboring countries, the international community and Rwanda, and the United States and China.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2006
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-7391-1094-2
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-7391-5205-8
- Publisher
- Lexington, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 184
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Preface No access
- Chapter 1: The Problematic of Political Apology No access Pages 1 - 24
- Chapter 2: German-Jewish (Israeli) Relations: From Zealous Accountability to Belated Apology No access Pages 25 - 54
- Chapter 3: A Political Calculus of Apology: Japan and Its Neighbors No access Pages 55 - 76
- Chapter 4: Voices and Silences in Mourning Rwanda No access Pages 77 - 108
- Chapter 5: Diplomacy and Crocodile Tears: U.S. Apologies to China No access Pages 109 - 134
- Chapter 6: The Limits and Potential of Political Apologies No access Pages 135 - 158
- Bibliography No access Pages 159 - 174
- Index No access Pages 175 - 182
- About the Author No access Pages 183 - 184





