Description
About the Author
Claire Moon is lecturer in the sociology of human rights at London School of Economics and Political Science.
Reviews
Narrating Political Reconciliation is an outstanding book. It presents a sharp analysis that cuts right through the usual platitudes that populate so much of the literature in transitional justice. Narrating Political Reconciliation promises to become an important reference point for those theoretically and politically engaged in the field. It is thoughtful, intelligent and engaging, and renews the tradition of critical thinking. -- Emilios Christodoulidis, University of Glasgow
...offers a much-needed sobering account of the TRC... Moreover it demonstrates how reconciliation is a thorough political practice rather than a purely moral or normative endeavor. * International Journal Of Transitional Justice *
The report of the South African TRC is one of the great moral texts of the Twentieth Century. The TRC quest for truth, justice and reconciliation in South Africa's extraordinary transition to democracy is a template for analyzing and evaluating the political morality of other post-conflict and democratizing societies. Claire Moon's valuable book goes even beyond these debates. Her application of critical thinking to the study of the post-apartheid discourse and 'industry' of reconciliation - its construction of 'victims' and its re-writing of history - is persistent, sceptical, but never cynical." -- Stanley Cohen, London School of Economics and Political Science
Narrating Political Reconciliation delivers what the title promises: a narration of the formation of the main ideological and political foundations of the TRC, as well as of the manner in which the TRC went about its ambitious aim of creating a reconciled nation. * The International Journal Of Transitional Justice, Winter, 2009 *
Recommended. * CHOICE *
Book Information
ISBN 9780739121276
Author Claire Moon
Format Hardback
Page Count 188
Imprint Lexington Books
Publisher Lexington Books
Weight(grams) 420g
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 161mm * 19mm