The Ethics of Apology: A Set of Commentaries

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 345-366

  Mookherjee, Nayanika ^a   Rapport, Nigel ^b   Josephides, Lisette ^c   Hage, Ghassan ^d   Todd, Lindi Renier ^e   Cowlishaw, Gillian ^e  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal communities; Apology; Collective and historical responsibility; Forgiveness; Racism; Sorry; Truth and reconciliation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349337361     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: 14603721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X09336703     Document Type: Article

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