Title The sins of the nation and the ritual of apologies / Danielle Celermajer.

Publication Info.	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2009]
	©2009

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Description	1 online resource (x, 283 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: the apology and political theory -- The apology phenomenon -- Apologies as speech acts -- Judaism's apology: reconstituting the community -- The privatization of repentance in Christianity -- Australia's divided history -- Saying sorry in Australia -- Apology's responsibility -- Apology as political action.
Summary	This study examines the apology's extraordinary political emergence and significance to ideas of collective responsibility, ritual, and contemporary politics.
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Subject	Apologizing -- Political aspects.
	Apologizing.
	Restorative justice.
	Restorative justice.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Celermajer, Danielle. Sins of the nation and the ritual of apologies. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2009 9780521516693 (DLC) 2008044137 (OCoLC)265079513
ISBN	9780511540868 (electronic book)
	0511540868 (electronic book)
	9780521516693 (hardback)
	0521516692 (hardback)