The Rhetoric of Official Apologies
Critical Essays
Published on 23. October 2020
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-1-7936-2180-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Rhetoric of Official Apologies: Critical Essays focuses on the many challenges associated with performing a speech act on behalf of a collective and the concomitant issues of rhetorically tackling the multiple political, social, and philosophical issues at stake when a collective issues an official apology to a group of victims. Contributors address questions of whether collective remorse is possible or credible, how official apologies can be evaluated, who can issue apologies on behalf of whom, and whether there are certain kinds of wrongdoing that simply can't be addressed in the form of an official apology. Collectively, the book speaks to the relevance of conceptualizing official apologies more broadly as serving multiple rhetorical purposes that span ceremonial and political genres and represent a potentially powerful form of collective self-reflection necessary for political and social advancement.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
549 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7936-2180-1 (9781793621801)
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Critical Essays
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Persons
Lisa S. Villadsen is professor of rhetoric and head of the Section of Rhetoric in the Department of Communication at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jason A. Edwards is professor and chair of communication studies at Bridgewater State University.
Jason A. Edwards is professor and chair of communication studies at Bridgewater State University.
Content
Introduction
Lisa S. Villadsen and Jason A. Edwards
Chapter 1
"Theorizing Collective Metanoia: Apology, the Penitent Self, and the Penitent State"
Adam Ellwanger
Chapter 2
"'It May Seem Strange': When Presidents Apologize for Genocide"
Bradley A. Serber
Chapter 3
"Audiences and the Normative Dimensions of Official Apologies"
Kevin Coe
Chapter 4
"Between Sovereignty and Vulnerability: Reconciliation, Reparation, and Vexed Agency in Resolutions Apologizing for Slavery"
John B. Hatch
Chapter 5
"Apology Infinitum: Colonialism And The Need For Repeated Apologies For Canadian Aboriginal Boarding Schools"
M. Shivaun Corry
Chapter 6
"Corporate Apologies for Slavery: Opportunities for the Rhetoric of History and Renewal"
Jeffrey D. Brand
Chapter 7
"The Heavy Heart of a Soldier: Apology as Resistance"
Claudia Janssen Danyi and Marita Gronvoll
Chapter 8
"Exceptional Histories and Obscure Gestures: The United States Government's Official Apology to Native Peoples"
Jeremy Cox and T
Lisa S. Villadsen and Jason A. Edwards
Chapter 1
"Theorizing Collective Metanoia: Apology, the Penitent Self, and the Penitent State"
Adam Ellwanger
Chapter 2
"'It May Seem Strange': When Presidents Apologize for Genocide"
Bradley A. Serber
Chapter 3
"Audiences and the Normative Dimensions of Official Apologies"
Kevin Coe
Chapter 4
"Between Sovereignty and Vulnerability: Reconciliation, Reparation, and Vexed Agency in Resolutions Apologizing for Slavery"
John B. Hatch
Chapter 5
"Apology Infinitum: Colonialism And The Need For Repeated Apologies For Canadian Aboriginal Boarding Schools"
M. Shivaun Corry
Chapter 6
"Corporate Apologies for Slavery: Opportunities for the Rhetoric of History and Renewal"
Jeffrey D. Brand
Chapter 7
"The Heavy Heart of a Soldier: Apology as Resistance"
Claudia Janssen Danyi and Marita Gronvoll
Chapter 8
"Exceptional Histories and Obscure Gestures: The United States Government's Official Apology to Native Peoples"
Jeremy Cox and T