Penitent state, the: exposure, mourning and the biopolitics of national healing
Auteur :
Muldoon, Paul
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198831624
Date de publication :
21 sept. 2023
Dimensions :
24,0 x 16,0 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
642 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book 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?