Reconciliation Discourse: The case of the Truth and Reconciliation CommissionThis volume is a research monograph analysing the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) from an ethnographic/linguistic point of view. The central proposition of this book is that the TRC can be regarded as a mechanism that leads to the hegemony of specific discourses, thus excercising power. The analysis illustrates how, through a certain type of reconciliation discourse constructed at the TRC hearings, a reconciliation-oriented reality took shape in post-TRC South Africa. Basically, the study points to the long-term implications a truth commission can exert on a traumatised post-conflict society. The book is unique on several levels: TRC discourse is explored in-depth on the basis of personal stories from TRC testifiers; a combination of Poststructuralist and Critical Discourse Analysis approaches form the theoretical foundations; and an extensive bibliography provides an impressive database of TRC publications. |
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... first of all express my gratitude towards Iohn Benjamins Publising Company who gave me the opportunity to engage in the process of reworking my doctorate and making it accessible to the larger public. In addition, I should also thank ...
... first of all express my gratitude towards Iohn Benjamins Publising Company who gave me the opportunity to engage in the process of reworking my doctorate and making it accessible to the larger public. In addition, I should also thank ...
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... first hand. She is now my source of joy, happiness and inspiration and I hope that the conclusion of this project will allow me to spend even more time with her and her daddy. Acronyms AC ANC APLA AWB AZAPO CDA CSVR DA GHRV. XII ...
... first hand. She is now my source of joy, happiness and inspiration and I hope that the conclusion of this project will allow me to spend even more time with her and her daddy. Acronyms AC ANC APLA AWB AZAPO CDA CSVR DA GHRV. XII ...
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... first democratic elections, on the 27th of April 1994, that democracy was officially introduced in the southern tip of Africa. In the years between these two crucial events there was much speculation with regard to the peaceful ...
... first democratic elections, on the 27th of April 1994, that democracy was officially introduced in the southern tip of Africa. In the years between these two crucial events there was much speculation with regard to the peaceful ...
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... first came from the African National Congress (ANC). As soon as the ban on the ANC was lifted, in February 1990, accusations were levelled against the party that it had committed human rights violations in some of its training camps in ...
... first came from the African National Congress (ANC). As soon as the ban on the ANC was lifted, in February 1990, accusations were levelled against the party that it had committed human rights violations in some of its training camps in ...
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... first selection, public hearings were held and finally the committee sent twenty-five names to the President. People who were selected had to be capable of passing judgement impartially, they were not allowed to have an explicit ...
... first selection, public hearings were held and finally the committee sent twenty-five names to the President. People who were selected had to be capable of passing judgement impartially, they were not allowed to have an explicit ...
Contents
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4 The sample | 43 |
5 Layering and HRV discour | 53 |
6 Reconciliation discourse truth and society | 141 |
62 A multilayered reconciliation discourse in South African reality | 155 |
7 Exercising power through discourse | 167 |
8 Towards a conclusion | 185 |
References | 193 |
Index | 229 |
The series Discourse Approaches to Politics Society and Culture | 239 |
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a-typical African National Congress Afrikaans Alex Boraine amnesty apartheid past apartheid victims archons audience Bambiso Beck Blommaert Boraine Buthelezi Cape Town code switching concept conflict constructed Critical Discourse Analysis David Philip Publishers defined definitely diflerent Discourse Analysis emotional explicitly expressed final find findings first forgiveness Foucault groups historical HRV Committee HRV discourse HRV hearings Human Rights Violations ideal testifiers identified identity ideology influence institution interpretation Iohannesburg language layering liberation movement linguistic Mandela MANTHATA master narrative national unity Nelson Mandela officials ofthe TRC perpetrators police political Reconciliation Commission reconciliation discourse reconciliation in South reconciliation-oriented Reflections reparations SABC Siko social South Africa South African society specific statements stories stress struggle talk term reconciliation testifying victims testimony tion tortured traumatic TRC Act TRC archive TRC process TRC Report 1998 TRC’s Truth and Reconciliation Truth Commission Tutu ubuntu University Press Villa-Vicencio Whitfield