Reconciliation Through Truth

A Reckoning of Apartheid's Criminal Governance

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

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Beskrivning

With a Foreword by Nelson MandelaWhile depicting the horrors of apartheid, this volume also proposes a constructive process designed to enable a free South Africa to avoid lapsing into a cycle of new oppression. The authors demonstrate a challenge that they believe can and must be met by the efforts of the Truth and Reconcilliation Commission.Nelson Mandela says in his Foreword to this book: 'The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is a milestone on the freedom road, and this book illuminates the journey. It presents a necessary perspective on our unfolding future.North America: St Martin's Press; South Africa: David Philip/New Africa Books

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-01-15
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt:380 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:James Currey
ISBN:9780852558027

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Blazingly honest, unafraid to be controversial, written with verve and elegance - this splendid book tackles the unexamined historical and political background without which we cannot say that we understand the role of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Innehållsförteckning

Why face the past? achieving justice through truth; acknowledging the illegitimacy of apartheid; stark opposites - apartheid and the resistance to it; achieving genuine reconciliation; the need to decriminalise the resistance; acknowledging the need for corrective action; confronting the roots of violence; acknowledging the humanity of the resistance; the morality of armed resistance; establishing equality before the law; placing property on a legitimate footing; facing up to collective responsibility; apartheid and its neighbours; apartheid and the international community; finding one South Africa.