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Wilson Richard A

The politics of truth and reconciliation in South Africa : legitimizing the post-apartheid state - 4th - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2005 - 271p x

CONTENTS;
Preface and Acknowledgements;
1 Human Rights and Nation-Building;
Part 1 Human Rights and Truth;
2 Technologies of Truth: The TRC’S Truth-Making Machine;
3 The Politics of Truth and Human Rights;
Part 2 Reconciliation, and 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;
Notes;
Bibliography;
Index.



ISBN: 9780521001946

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Truth & Reconciliation Commission - South Africa 2. Reconciliation - Political Aspects - South Africa3. Apartheid - South Africa4. Retribution - South Africa5. Politics & Government - 1994 - South Africa6. Race Relations - South Africa

Dewey Class. No.: 305.8 / WIL