Reconciliation Through Truth
A Reckoning of Apartheid's Criminal Governance
Published on 15. January 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-85255-802-7 (ISBN)
Description
With a Foreword by Nelson Mandela
While depicting the horrors of apartheid, this volume also proposes a constructive process designed to enable a free South Africa to avoid lapsing into a cycle of new oppression. The authors demonstrate a challenge that they believe can and must be met by the efforts of the Truth and Reconcilliation Commission.
Nelson Mandela says in his Foreword to this book: 'The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is a milestone on the freedom road, and this book illuminates the journey. It presents a necessary perspective on our unfolding future.
North America: St Martin's Press; South Africa: David Philip/New Africa Books
While depicting the horrors of apartheid, this volume also proposes a constructive process designed to enable a free South Africa to avoid lapsing into a cycle of new oppression. The authors demonstrate a challenge that they believe can and must be met by the efforts of the Truth and Reconcilliation Commission.
Nelson Mandela says in his Foreword to this book: 'The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is a milestone on the freedom road, and this book illuminates the journey. It presents a necessary perspective on our unfolding future.
North America: St Martin's Press; South Africa: David Philip/New Africa Books
Reviews / Votes
Blazingly honest, unafraid to be controversial, written with verve and elegance - this splendid book tackles the unexamined historical and political background without which we cannot say that we understand the role of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. -- Nadine GordimerMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
380 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85255-802-7 (9780852558027)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Why face the past? achieving justice through truth; acknowledging the illegitimacy of apartheid; stark opposites - apartheid and the resistance to it; achieving genuine reconciliation; the need to decriminalise the resistance; acknowledging the need for corrective action; confronting the roots of violence; acknowledging the humanity of the resistance; the morality of armed resistance; establishing equality before the law; placing property on a legitimate footing; facing up to collective responsibility; apartheid and its neighbours; apartheid and the international community; finding one South Africa.