
In the balance
South Africans debate reconciliation
Jacana Media (Publisher)
Published on 10. June 2010
Book
176 pages
978-1-77009-837-4 (ISBN)
Description
Direct and sometimes heated, these essays from prominent South African leaders consider the success of justice and reconciliation in the years since the end of apartheid. Presenting both the good and bad news, the contributors move beyond current thinking to discuss both practical and visionary ways to confront a contested legacy, take stock of social changes, and define future possibilities for reconciliation in South Africa.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Johannesburg
South Africa
Publishing group
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 212 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77009-837-4 (9781770098374)
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"Fanie du Toit is the Executive Director of the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation. He has written on, and regularly engages with, reconciliation and transitional justice processes in African countries such as South Africa, Rwanda, Kenya, Sudan, Liberia, Burundi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Uganda. He has edited two volumes and authored of a number of journal articles, shorter essays, and book chapters. He regularly contributes to media debates, both in print and on radio and television. He holds a D.Phil in Philosophy of Religion from Oxford University. Erik Doxtader is a Professor of Rhetoric at the University of South Carolina and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in Cape Town. A past recipient of a MacArthur Foundation-Social Science Research Council Fellowship, he has authored, edited, and co-edited a number of books and essays on the history and dynamics of reconciliation in South Africa, including The Provocations of Amnesty (2003), To Repair the Irreparable: Reparation and Reconstruction in South Africa (2004) and Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa - The Fundamental Documents (2008), and With Faith in the Works of Words: The Beginnings of Reconciliation in South Africa, 1985-1995 (2009). "