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The penitent state : exposure, mourning and the biopolitics of national healing / Paul Muldoon.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191869501Subject(s): State, The -- Moral and ethical aspects
| Repentance -- Political aspects | Restorative justice -- Political aspects | Reparations for historical injustices | Collective memory -- Political aspects | Politics and Government | Politics & governmentAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198831624DDC classification: 320.1 LOC classification: JA79Online resources: Oxford Academic Summary: This text asks a deceptively simple question: what are states actually doing when they do penance for past injustices? Why are these penitential gestures - especially the gesture of apology - becoming so ubiquitous and what implications do they carry for the way power is exercised?
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Also issued in print: 2023.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This text asks a deceptively simple question: what are states actually doing when they do penance for past injustices? Why are these penitential gestures - especially the gesture of apology - becoming so ubiquitous and what implications do they carry for the way power is exercised?
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