The politics of truth and reconciliation in South Africa : legitimizing the post-apartheid state /
This book shows the impact of the TRC in urban African communities in Johannesburg
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2001
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in law and society
Cambridge studies in law and society |
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Human rights and nation-building
- 2. Technologies of truth : the TRC's truth-making machine
- 3. The politics of truth and human rights
- 4. Reconciliation through truth?
- 5. Reconciliation in society : religious values and procedural pragmatism
- 6. Vengeance, revenge and retribution
- 7. Reconciliation with a vengeance
- 8. Conclusions : human rights, reconciliation and retribution.
- Map 1 Pre-1994 South Africa: The homelands
- Map 2. Post-1994 South Africa: Provinces of the Republic
- Map 3. Johannesburg and the Vaal Region
- 1. Human Rights and Nation-Building
- Pt. I. Human Rights and Truth
- 2. Technologies of Truth: The TRC's Truth-Making Machine
- 3. The Politics of Truth and Human Rights
- Pt. II. Reconciliation, Retribution and Revenge
- 4. Reconciliation Through Truth?
- 5. Reconciliation in Society: Religious Values and Procedural Pragmatism
- 6. Vengeance, Revenge and Retribution
- 7. Reconciliation with a Vengeance
- 8. Conclusions: Human Rights, Reconciliation and Retribution.