Sins Of The Parents: Politics Of National Apologies In The U.S.Temple University Press, 2009 M09 3 - 256 pages Debates have swirled around the question of national forgiveness for the past fifty years. Using two examples—the land claims of the Oneida Indians and the claims for reparations to Japanese Americans interned during World War II—Brian Weiner suggests a way of thinking about national misdeeds. Arguing beyond collective "innocence" or "guilt," Sins of the Parents offers a model of collective responsibility to deal with past wrongs in such a way as to reinvigorate our notion of citizenship. Drawing upon the writings of Abraham Lincoln and Hannah Arendt, Weiner offers a definition of political responsibility that at once defines citizenship and sidesteps the familial, racial, and ethnic questions that often ensnare debates about national apologies. An original contribution to political theory and practice, Sins of the Parents will become a much discussed contribution in the debate about what it is to be an American. |
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... passed from Indian tribes to states , and then to individuals , should be invalidated due to the failure of the federal government to live up to promises made to the tribes in treaties and laws regulat- ing trade . The Oneida claim ...
... passed from Indian tribes to states , and then to individuals , should be invalidated due to the failure of the federal government to live up to promises made to the tribes in treaties and laws regulat- ing trade . The Oneida claim ...
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... passed on to the children to defend the innocence of present - day American citizens . Proponents of rectification , in tesponse , have had to make the case that the present generation of U.S. citizens should be held responsible for ...
... passed on to the children to defend the innocence of present - day American citizens . Proponents of rectification , in tesponse , have had to make the case that the present generation of U.S. citizens should be held responsible for ...
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... passed on to the children . The work argues for a concept of political mem- bership in which citizens recognize themselves as members of an intergenerational polity through which they have inherited both deeds and misdeeds , and in ...
... passed on to the children . The work argues for a concept of political mem- bership in which citizens recognize themselves as members of an intergenerational polity through which they have inherited both deeds and misdeeds , and in ...
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... passed the Indian Claims Commission Act , establishing a method whereby any and all property claims Indian tribes wished to bring forward could be investigated and settled . " The Oneida claims explored in the next chapter began with a ...
... passed the Indian Claims Commission Act , establishing a method whereby any and all property claims Indian tribes wished to bring forward could be investigated and settled . " The Oneida claims explored in the next chapter began with a ...
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... passed , returning people to the position they would have occupied , had it not been for the wrong done , becomes an almost hopeless task inasmuch as it is impossible to know what this " prelapsarian " world would look like had it not ...
... passed , returning people to the position they would have occupied , had it not been for the wrong done , becomes an almost hopeless task inasmuch as it is impossible to know what this " prelapsarian " world would look like had it not ...
Contents
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The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 | 47 |
3 The Birth and Death of Political Memories | 84 |
4 The Political Responsibilities of Citizens | 113 |
5 The Political Promise and Limitations of National Apologies | 138 |
Citizenship in the Shadows of Misdeeds | 174 |
Notes | 189 |
Bibliography | 225 |
Index | 239 |
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Sins Of The Parents: Politics Of National Apologies In The U.S. Brian Weiner No preview available - 2005 |
Sins Of The Parents: Politics Of National Apologies In The U.S. Brian Weiner No preview available - 2005 |
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