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Public Apology between Ritual and Regret : Symbolic Excuses on False Pretenses or True Reconciliation out of Sincere Regret.
Since the 1990s we witness a rise in public apologies. Are we living in the 'Age of Apology'? Interesting research questions can be raised about the opportunity, the form, the meaning, the effectiveness and the ethical implications of public apologies. Are they not merely a clever and easy...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Editions Rodopi,
2013.
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| Colección: | At the interface/probing the boundaries.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; When Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word: An Apologywith a Legal Disclaimer; Part I Regret and Sincerity; An Overview of Challenges Facing Collective Apologies; Apology and the Possibility of the Ethical Nation; A Time to Heal: Pope John Paul II's Penitential Gesture at Jerusalem's Western Wall; An Attempt to Heal Rifts in Medicine: Collective Apology and the American Medical Association's Attempts at Reconciliation with the African-American Community; Public Apologies in the Western Balkans: The Shadow of Ambiguity.
- The Ritual of Apology and Restorative Justice: Exploring the Victim's PerspectivePart II Ritual and Discourse; The Discourse of Public Apologies: Modes of Realization, Interpretation and Mediation; Post-Transitional Apology: Expressing Contrition Whilst Addressing the Holocaust Transitional Justice's Failure; From Apology to Excuse: Abuse Cases within the Catholic Church as Public and Scientific Objects of Research; The Regretful Acknowledgement: A Dignified End to a Disgraceful Story?; An Overview of Challenges Facing Collective Apologies: Their Use in the Corporate World.