The limits of transition : the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission 20 years on / edited by Mia Swart, Karin van Marle.
2017
KTL4034 .L56 2017 (Mapit)
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The limits of transition : the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission 20 years on / edited by Mia Swart, Karin van Marle.
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Leiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, [2017]
Description
x, 314 pages ; 25 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Reflections. Rethinking reconciliation and forgiveness at the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission / Antjie Krog
"Meeting the man who organised a bomb in my car" / Albie Sachs
Contributions. Jurisprudence after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission : "welcoming other ways of being" and a "jurisprudence of sense" / Karin van Marle
Failure to pursue economic reparations has, and will continue to undermine racial reconciliation / William Gumede
Property in transitional times : the glaring absence of property at the TRC / Elmien du Plessis
Performing and resisting the post-TRC "trauma-drama" : survivor's narratives of past and present violence in South Africa / Kim Wale
The moral imperative of the TRC and the question of collective guilt / Mia Swart
What did the TRC teach South Africa about democratic citizenship? / Hugo van der Merwe
Real zones of indistinction : crisis, exception, norm and the TRC as biopolitical imperative / Jaco Barnard-Naudé
South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the light of Ubuntu : a comprehensive appraisal / Thaddeus Metz
The media hearings of the TRC : lessons to be learnt for transitional justice processes / Ylva Rodny-Gumede
Putting the J into the TRC : Kenya's Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission / Ronald C. Slye
Endnote / Karin van Marle.
"Meeting the man who organised a bomb in my car" / Albie Sachs
Contributions. Jurisprudence after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission : "welcoming other ways of being" and a "jurisprudence of sense" / Karin van Marle
Failure to pursue economic reparations has, and will continue to undermine racial reconciliation / William Gumede
Property in transitional times : the glaring absence of property at the TRC / Elmien du Plessis
Performing and resisting the post-TRC "trauma-drama" : survivor's narratives of past and present violence in South Africa / Kim Wale
The moral imperative of the TRC and the question of collective guilt / Mia Swart
What did the TRC teach South Africa about democratic citizenship? / Hugo van der Merwe
Real zones of indistinction : crisis, exception, norm and the TRC as biopolitical imperative / Jaco Barnard-Naudé
South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the light of Ubuntu : a comprehensive appraisal / Thaddeus Metz
The media hearings of the TRC : lessons to be learnt for transitional justice processes / Ylva Rodny-Gumede
Putting the J into the TRC : Kenya's Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission / Ronald C. Slye
Endnote / Karin van Marle.
Summary
The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission was a noble attempt to begin to address the continuing traumatic legacy of Apartheid. This interdisciplinary collection critiques the work of the TRC 20 years since its establishment. Taking the paralysing political and social crises of the mid-1990s in South Africa as starting point, the book contains a collection of responses to the TRC that considers the notions of crisis, judgment and social justice. It asks whether the current political and social crises in South Africa are linked to the country's post-apartheid transitional mechanisms, specifically, the TRC. The fact that the material conditions of the lives of many Apartheid victims have not improved, forms a major theme of the book. Collectively, the book considers the 'unfinished business' of the TRC.
Note
The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission was a noble attempt to begin to address the continuing traumatic legacy of Apartheid. This interdisciplinary collection critiques the work of the TRC 20 years since its establishment. Taking the paralysing political and social crises of the mid-1990s in South Africa as starting point, the book contains a collection of responses to the TRC that considers the notions of crisis, judgment and social justice. It asks whether the current political and social crises in South Africa are linked to the country's post-apartheid transitional mechanisms, specifically, the TRC. The fact that the material conditions of the lives of many Apartheid victims have not improved, forms a major theme of the book. Collectively, the book considers the 'unfinished business' of the TRC.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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STA
Available in Other Form
Online version: Limits of transition. Leiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, [2017]
Call Number
KTL4034 .L56 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9789004339552 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9004339558 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9789004339569 (e-book)
9004339558 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9789004339569 (e-book)
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