Empathetic repair after mass trauma: When vengeance is arrested

European Journal of Social Theory

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 331-350

  Gobodo Madikizela, Pumla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apology; Empathy; Forgiveness; Intersubjectivity; Remorse; Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Indexed keywords

EID: 48849112027     PISSN: 13684310     EISSN: 14617137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368431008092566     Document Type: Review

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