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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... writes that although difficult to date precisely , " In the late 1960s small groups of Japanese Americans in Southern California , San Francisco , and Seattle began agitating for some kind of compensation for the wrongs done to them and ...
... writes that although difficult to date precisely , " In the late 1960s small groups of Japanese Americans in Southern California , San Francisco , and Seattle began agitating for some kind of compensation for the wrongs done to them and ...
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... writes that ' All four of my grandparents were born in Italy ; my mother did not arrive here until the 1930s . My people had nothing to do with the African slave trade , nor did most Asian immigrant groups . Other opponents derisively ...
... writes that ' All four of my grandparents were born in Italy ; my mother did not arrive here until the 1930s . My people had nothing to do with the African slave trade , nor did most Asian immigrant groups . Other opponents derisively ...
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... writes , " Because we are simultaneously both distinct and connected , politics always simultaneously con- cerns both the distribution of costs and benefits among competi- tors , and the nature and direction of their shared community ...
... writes , " Because we are simultaneously both distinct and connected , politics always simultaneously con- cerns both the distribution of costs and benefits among competi- tors , and the nature and direction of their shared community ...
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... writes , " We all know the history of theft , broken agree- ments , and brutal subjugation on which our holdings in land and natural resources historically rest , " 57 or as Martha Minow sug- gests , all of us have benefited from the ...
... writes , " We all know the history of theft , broken agree- ments , and brutal subjugation on which our holdings in land and natural resources historically rest , " 57 or as Martha Minow sug- gests , all of us have benefited from the ...
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Contents
1 | |
26 | |
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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