Reconciliation Discourse

Author : Annelies Verdoolaege
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027291615

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Reconciliation Discourse by Annelies Verdoolaege Pdf

This volume is a research monograph analysing the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) from an ethnographic/linguistic point of view. The central proposition of this book is that the TRC can be regarded as a mechanism that leads to the hegemony of specific discourses, thus excercising power. The analysis illustrates how, through a certain type of reconciliation discourse constructed at the TRC hearings, a reconciliation-oriented reality took shape in post-TRC South Africa. Basically, the study points to the long-term implications a truth commission can exert on a traumatised post-conflict society. The book is unique on several levels: TRC discourse is explored in-depth on the basis of personal stories from TRC testifiers; a combination of Poststructuralist and Critical Discourse Analysis approaches form the theoretical foundations; and an extensive bibliography provides an impressive database of TRC publications.

Author : Annelies Verdoolaege
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027227187

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Reconciliation Discourse by Annelies Verdoolaege Pdf

This volume is a research monograph analysing the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) from an ethnographic/linguistic point of view. The central proposition of this book is that the TRC can be regarded as a mechanism that leads to the hegemony of specific discourses, thus excercising power. The analysis illustrates how, through a certain type of reconciliation discourse constructed at the TRC hearings, a reconciliation-oriented reality took shape in post-TRC South Africa. Basically, the study points to the long-term implications a truth commission can exert on a traumatised post-conflict society. The book is unique on several levels: TRC discourse is explored in-depth on the basis of personal stories from TRC testifiers; a combination of Poststructuralist and Critical Discourse Analysis approaches form the theoretical foundations; and an extensive bibliography provides an impressive database of TRC publications.

Author : Michael Asch,John Borrows,James Tully
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781487523275

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Resurgence and Reconciliation by Michael Asch,John Borrows,James Tully Pdf

The two major schools of thought in Indigenous-Settler relations on the ground, in the courts, in public policy, and in research are resurgence and reconciliation. Resurgence refers to practices of Indigenous self-determination and cultural renewal whereas reconciliation refers to practices of reconciliation between Indigenous and Settler nations, such as nation-with-nation treaty negotiations. Reconciliation also refers to the sustainable reconciliation of both Indigenous and Settler peoples with the living earth as the grounds for both resurgence and Indigenous-Settler reconciliation. Critically and constructively analyzing these two schools from a wide variety of perspectives and lived experiences, this volume connects both discourses to the ecosystem dynamics that animate the living earth. Resurgence and Reconciliation is multi-disciplinary, blending law, political science, political economy, women's studies, ecology, history, anthropology, sustainability, and climate change. Its dialogic approach strives to put these fields in conversation and draw out the connections and tensions between them. By using "earth-teachings" to inform social practices, the editors and contributors offer a rich, innovative, and holistic way forward in response to the world's most profound natural and social challenges. This timely volume shows how the complexities and interconnections of resurgence and reconciliation and the living earth are often overlooked in contemporary discourse and debate.

Author : Michele Zappavigna,Shoshana Dreyfus
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781350116085

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Discourses of Hope and Reconciliation by Michele Zappavigna,Shoshana Dreyfus Pdf

Bringing together leading and emerging scholars in Systemic Functional Linguistics, this book explores the contributions made to SFL theory by James Robert Martin. A leading light in the field for 40 years, this book reviews, explores and develops the theoretical agendas set out in his momentous body of work. Focussed around the four themes of systemic functional theory, linguistic typology, educational linguistics and (positive) discourse analysis, chapters debate and develop the key concepts of Martin's work. Engaging with cutting edge theoretical debates in areas such as discourse-semantics, register and genre and affiliation, Discourses of Hope and Reconciliation examines Martin's lasting impact on the field, developing his momentous contributions to point the way to exciting future research directions in SFL.

Author : Joshua Ben David Nichols
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : 1487502257

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A Reconciliation Without Recollection? by Joshua Ben David Nichols Pdf

Providing a clear, critical analysis of the history of Aboriginal law, A Reconciliation without Recollection? exposes the limitations of the current constitutional framework of reconciliation by following the lines of descent underlying the relationship between Crown and Aboriginal sovereignty.

Author : Lynne J. Cameron
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136872907

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Metaphor and Reconciliation by Lynne J. Cameron Pdf

Sixteen years after her father was killed by an IRA bomb, Jo Berry had her first conversation with the man responsible. She had made a long journey, ‘walking the footsteps of the bombers’ as she put it, determined not to give in to anger and revenge but to try to understand his motivations and perspective. Her preparedness to meet Pat Magee opened up a path to empathy that developed through their conversations over the following years. This book studies their growing understandings of each other by focusing on the rich networks of metaphors that appear in their conversations, and how these evolve in the process of reconciliation. The innovative research method, reported in a rigorous but accessible style, together with the rich and often poignant data, make this book a valuable addition to the study of metaphor and discourse. In uncovering the development of empathy between these two extraordinary people, Cameron illuminates the moral necessity, and the potential rewards, in trying to imagine the world and mind of the Other. Implications are drawn for how mediators in reconciliation contexts might make positive use of metaphor in supporting the dynamics of empathy.

Author : Reynolds
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1729
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UBBS:UBBS-00063583

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A Practical Discourse of Reconciliation Between God and Man by Reynolds Pdf

Author : Judith Renner
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781526130624

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Discourse, normative change and the quest for reconciliation in global politics by Judith Renner Pdf

This book offers a new and critical perspective on the global reconciliation technology by highlighting its contingent and highly political character as an authoritative practice of post-conflict peacebuilding. After retracing the emergence of the reconciliation discourse from South Africa to the global level, the book demonstrates how implementing reconciliation in post-conflict societies is a highly political practice which entails potentially undesirable consequences for the post-conflict societies to which it is deployed. Specifically, the book shows how the reconciliation discourse brings about the marginalisation and neutralisation of political claims and identities of local post-conflict populations by producing these societies as being composed of the ‘victims’ and ‘perpetrators’ of past human rights violations which are first and foremost in need of reconciliation and healing. This book will interest students and teachers of transitional justice and international relations.

Author : Willy Moka-Mubelo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319494968

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Reconciling Law and Morality in Human Rights Discourse by Willy Moka-Mubelo Pdf

In this book I argue for an approach that conceives human rights as both moral and legal rights. The merit of such an approach is its capacity to understand human rights more in terms of the kind of world free and reasonable beings would like to live in rather than simply in terms of what each individual is legally entitled to. While I acknowledge that every human being has the moral entitlement to be granted living conditions that are conducive to a dignified life, I maintain, at the same time, that the moral and legal aspects of human rights are complementary and should be given equal weight. The legal aspect compensates for the limitations of moral human rights the observance of which depends on the conscience of the individual, and the moral aspect tempers the mechanical and inhumane application of the law. Unlike the traditional or orthodox approach, which conceives human rights as rights that individuals have by virtue of their humanity, and the political or practical approach, which understands human rights as legal rights that are meant to limit the sovereignty of the state, the moral-legal approach reconciles law and morality in human rights discourse and underlines the importance of a legal framework that compensates for the deficiencies in the implementation of moral human rights. It not only challenges the exclusively negative approach to fundamental liberties but also emphasizes the necessity of an enforcement mechanism that helps those who are not morally motivated to refrain from violating the rights of others. Without the legal mechanism of enforcement, the understanding of human rights would be reduced to simply framing moral claims against injustices. From the moral-legal approach, the protection of human rights is understood as a common and shared responsibility. Such a responsibility goes beyond the boundaries of nation-states and requires the establishment of a cosmopolitan human rights regime based on the conviction that all human beings are members of a community of fate and that they share common values which transcend the limits of their individual states. In a cosmopolitan human rights regime, people are protected as persons and not as citizens of a particular state.

Author : Sune Haugbolle,Anders Hastrup
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317969075

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The Politics of Violence, Truth and Reconciliation in the Arab Middle East by Sune Haugbolle,Anders Hastrup Pdf

In the last five to ten years, pressure for political liberalisation, and the growth of civil society and independent media, inside Arab countries have prompted the debate about violent events in the postcolonial period. This book features studies of six Arab countries in which legacies of political violence have been challenged through various initiatives to promote "truth-telling" and transitional justice. The analysis departs from a liberal, teleological understanding of truth and reconciliation as a linear process from trauma through memory to national healing. Instead, the articles highlight how the interplay between state-orchestrated initiatives (such as Truth and Reconciliation committees and ministerial committees); civil society actors (including former political prisoners, investigative journalists and NGOs); and external actors (such as transnational NGOs, state sponsored dialogue initiatives, the UN and the EU) is creating a new political field. The book examines the extent to which this field challenges the Arab nation-state’s monopoly on history and violence, and asks whether public narratives of violence, memory and justice consolidate or challenge political legitimacy of current regimes. This book was published as a special issue of Mediterranean Politics.

Author : Stephen Charnock
Publisher : Diggory Press Limited
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1846857961

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Reconciliation - A Discourse of God's Being the Author of Reconciliation by Stephen Charnock Pdf

Author : Rasha Diab
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780822964018

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Shades of Sulh by Rasha Diab Pdf

Sulh is a centuries-old Arab-Islamic peacemaking practice. Rasha Diab explores the possibilities and limits of the rhetoric of sulh as it is used to resolve interpersonal, communal, and (inter)national conflicts--with a case illustrating each of these domains. The cases range from medieval to contemporary times and are analyzed using both rhetorical and critical discourse analyses.

Author : Melody Mirzaagha
Publisher : Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9788283480580

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Striving Towards a Just and Sustainable Peace by Melody Mirzaagha Pdf

Author : John B. Hatch
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0739121537

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Race and Reconciliation by John B. Hatch Pdf

In this enlightening and insightful book, John B. Hatch analyzes various public discourses that have attempted to address the racialized legacy of slavery, from West Africa to the United States, and in doing so, proposes a rhetorical theory of reconciliation. Recognizing the impact of religious traditions and modern social values on the dialogue of reconciliation, Hatch examines these influences in tandem with contemporary critical race theory. Hatch explores the social-psychological and ethical challenges of racial reconciliation in light of work by Mark McPhail, Kenneth Burke, Paul Ricoeur, and others. He then develops his own framework for understanding reconciliation-both as the recovery of a coherent ethical grammar and as a process of rhetorical interaction and hermeneutic reorientation through apology, forgiveness, reparations, symbolic healing, and related genres of reparative action. What emerges from this work is a profound vision for the prospects of meaningful redress and reconciliation in American race relations. Book jacket.

Author : Scott Veitch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317107743

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Law and the Politics of Reconciliation by Scott Veitch Pdf

This collection of essays by an international group of authors explores the ways in which law and legal institutions are used in countries coming to terms with traumatic pasts and, in some cases, traumatic presents. In putting to question what is often taken for granted in uncritical calls for reconciliation, it critically analyses and frequently challenges the political and legal assumptions underlying discourses of reconciliation. Drawing on a broad spectrum of disciplinary and interdisciplinary insights the authors examine how competing conceptions of law, time, and politics are deployed in social transformations and how pressing demands for reconstruction, reconciliation, and justice inform and respond to legal categories and their use of time. The book is genuinely interdisciplinary, drawing on work in politics, philosophy, theology, sociology and law. It will appeal to a wide audience of researchers and academics working in these areas.