In the last years of the twentieth century, political leaders the world over began to apologize for wrongs in their nations' pasts. Many dismissed these apologi

This book examines the apology's extraordinary political emergence and significance to ideas of collective responsibility, ritual, and contemporary politics.

Since the 1990s we witness a rise in public apologies. Are we living in the ‘Age of Apology’? Interesting research questions can be raised about the opportu

Examining the complex nature of state apologies for past injustices, this probes the various functions they fulfil within contemporary democracies. Cutting-edge

Transitional justice and national inquiries may be the most established means for coming to terms with traumatic legacies, but it is in the more subtle social a