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The rhetoric of official apologies: critical essays / edited by Lisa S. Villadsen and Jason A. Edwards. — 1 online resource (233 pages) — <URL:http://elib.fa.ru/ebsco/2698077.pdf>.

Record create date: 12/21/2020

Subject: Rhetoric — Political aspects.; Communication in politics.; Reconciliation — Political aspects.; Apologizing.; Apologizing.; Communication in politics.; Reconciliation — Political aspects.; Rhetoric — Political aspects.

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Table of Contents

  • Cover
  • The Rhetoric of Official Apologies
  • The Rhetoric of OfficialApologiesCritical Essays
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Introduction
    • What Is an Official Apology?
    • A Controversial Genre
    • The Case against Official Apologies
    • Why a Rhetorical Focus on Official Apologies?
    • Plan of the Book
    • Notes
    • Bibliography
  • Chapter 1
  • Theorizing Collective Metanoia
    • Repentance and Metanoia in Judeo-Christian Scripture
    • Modern Apology as Secular Repentance
    • The United States’ Apology to the Native Americans: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010
    • Scotland’s Apology to Persons Convicted of Same-Sex Sexual Activity
    • Collective Metanoia and the State as Self
    • Notes
    • Bibliography
  • Chapter 2
  • “It May Seem Strange”
    • Collective Apologies and Their Implications for Genocide
    • Collective Apologies as Moral Repair
    • The Possible Benefits of Apologies for Genocide
    • The Context of Culpability
    • Temporal Problems with Apologies for Genocide
    • Agential Problems with Apologies for Genocide
    • Making Collective Apologies Less “Strange”
    • Notes
    • Bibliography
  • Chapter 3
  • Audiences and the Normative Dimensions of Official Apologies
    • Understanding Official Apology
    • A Normative Framework of Official Apology
    • Applying a Normative Framework of Official Apology: Two Case Studies
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
    • Bibliography
  • Chapter 4
  • Between Sovereignty and Vulnerability
    • A Groundswell of Resolutions Apologizing for Slavery and Racism
    • Reconciliation: A Rhetorical Framework
    • The Virginia and Alabama Resolutions
    • The National Resolutions
    • Fear of Vulnerability and Limitation of Agency in Legislative Apologies
    • Notes
    • Bibliography
  • Chapter 5
  • Apology Ad Infinitum
    • Collective Apology and the Burkean Order
    • Purgation, Substitution, and Recovenanting
    • The Sinning State and the Purified State
    • The Original Sin of Colonialism
    • The Rhetoric of Renewal
    • Who Needs to Heal?
    • Implications
    • Notes
    • Bibliography
  • Chapter 6
  • Corporate Apologies for Slavery
    • How History Is Rhetorical and Why Corporate Communicators Should Care
    • Making History Work for Organizations
    • Notes
    • Bibliography
  • Chapter 7
  • The Heavy Heart of a Soldier
    • Seeking Forgiveness: Official Apologies
    • A Theory of Public Apology as Resistance
    • The Open Letter of Reconciliation and Responsibility to the Iraqi People
    • Rhetorical Analysis of an Apology as Resistance
    • A Complete Apology Turns toward Resistance and Advocacy
    • Establishing and Navigating a Complex Web of Identifications
    • Discussion
    • Notes
    • Bibliography
  • Chapter 8
  • Exceptional Histories and Obscure Gestures
    • Apologies and Atonement
    • The Problem of Beginning (Again)
    • Senator Brownback’s Statement: “A Special Covenant Relationship”
    • Native American Testimony
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
    • Bibliography
  • Chapter 9
  • Reimagining Rhetorical Reconciliation in Australian Public Address
    • Rhetorical Conceptions of Reconciliation
    • A Metonymic Story of Australian Reconciliation
    • Pieces of the Puzzles
    • The Third Puzzle
    • The Fourth Puzzle
    • Toward an End?
    • Notes
  • Afterword
  • Index
  • About the Editors and Contributors

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