
Historical Justice and Memory
University of Wisconsin Press
Published on 30. July 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-0-299-30464-5 (ISBN)
Description
Historical Justice and Memory highlights the global movement for historical justice-acknowledging and redressing historic wrongs-as one of the most significant moral and social developments of our times. Such historic wrongs include acts of genocide, slavery, systems of apartheid, the systematic persecution of presumed enemies of the state, colonialism, and the oppression of or discrimination against ethnic or religious minorities.
The historical justice movement has inspired the spread of truth and reconciliation processes around the world and has pushed governments to make reparations and apologies for past wrongs. It has changed the public understanding of justice and the role of memory. In this book, leading scholars in philosophy, history, political science, and semiotics offer new essays that discuss and assess these momentous global developments. They evaluate the strength and weaknesses of the movement, its accomplishments and failings, its philosophical assumptions and social preconditions, and its prospects for the future.
The historical justice movement has inspired the spread of truth and reconciliation processes around the world and has pushed governments to make reparations and apologies for past wrongs. It has changed the public understanding of justice and the role of memory. In this book, leading scholars in philosophy, history, political science, and semiotics offer new essays that discuss and assess these momentous global developments. They evaluate the strength and weaknesses of the movement, its accomplishments and failings, its philosophical assumptions and social preconditions, and its prospects for the future.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Wisconsin
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
374 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-299-30464-5 (9780299304645)
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Klaus Neumann is a professor at the Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. His six books includeShifting Memories: The Nazi Past in the New Germany.
Janna Thomson is a professorial fellow in the Department of Communication, Arts and Critical Enquiry at La Trobe University, Australia. She is the author of four books, including Intergenerational Justice: Rights and Responsibilities in an Intergenerational Polity.
Janna Thomson is a professorial fellow in the Department of Communication, Arts and Critical Enquiry at La Trobe University, Australia. She is the author of four books, including Intergenerational Justice: Rights and Responsibilities in an Intergenerational Polity.