Historical Justice and Memory [Paperback]

Historical Justice and Memoryhighlights the global movement for historical justiceacknowledging and redressing historic wrongsas one of the most significant moral and social developments of our times. Such historic wrongs include acts of genocide, slavery, systems of apartheid, the systematic persecution of presumed enemies of the state, colonialism, and the oppression of or discrimination against ethnic or religious minorities.
??????????? The historical justice movement has inspired the spread of truth and reconciliation processes around the world and has pushed governments to make reparations and apologies for past wrongs. It has changed the public understanding of justice and the role of memory. In this book, leading scholars in philosophy, history, political science, and semiotics offer new essays that discuss and assess these momentous global developments. They evaluate the strength and weaknesses of the movement, its accomplishments and failings, its philosophical assumptions and social preconditions, and its prospects for the future.

Historical Justice and Memoryhighlights the global movement for historical justiceacknowledging and redressing historic wrongsas one of the most significant moral and social developments of our times.?

A very impressive collection of essays by leading scholars in their fields, directed to a set of topics both fundamental and topical.W. James Booth, Vanderbilt University

Critical Human Rights
Steve J. Stern and Scott Straus, Series Editors

Contributors: Onur Bakiner, Elazar Barkan, Belma Becirbašic, Jeffrey Blustein, Daniel Butt, Andreas Huyssen, Klaus Neumann, Mark Pendleton, Janna Thompson, John Torpey, Patrizia Violi, Margaret Urban Walker

Introduction: Beyond the Legalist Paradigm             
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