| Dramas of Reconciliation: A Performance Approach to the Analysis of Political Apologies in International Relations Contributor(s): Horelt, Michel-Andre (Author) |
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ISBN: 3848720981 ISBN-13: 9783848720989 Publisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft OUR PRICE: $54.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.95 lbs) 262 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Political apologies have been described as modern political rites. However, the scholarship has failed so far to take the ritualistic elements in apologies seriously. This book addresses this lacuna. Contrary to linguistic approaches that locate the transformative power of apologies in correct wording, this book grounds the force of apologies in ritual performances. Drawing on ritual theory the book reveals how apology performances bear characteristics of rites of transitions. This book lays down the ritual features that enwrap apologies, demonstrates how apologizing agents activate sacred symbols in apology ceremonies, and how rites as a distinct mode of social communication may create extra-ordinary moments of transition. Based on a discourse analytical methodology, the study analyses several apology performances for historic crimes and discloses the potentials and the limits of rituals of apologies. |