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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... Foucault, Bourdieu or Archbishop Tutu. Nevertheless, he always listened to me and he often provided timely help when I encountered problems or did not know how to proceed. Above all, he often had to miss me for many days or weeks, when ...
... Foucault, Bourdieu or Archbishop Tutu. Nevertheless, he always listened to me and he often provided timely help when I encountered problems or did not know how to proceed. Above all, he often had to miss me for many days or weeks, when ...
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... Foucault. My basic aim became the deconstruction of the HRV archive to reveal the discursive rules of formation that came into existence at the HRV hearings. In order to understand this archive I discussed the ways in which this HRV ...
... Foucault. My basic aim became the deconstruction of the HRV archive to reveal the discursive rules of formation that came into existence at the HRV hearings. In order to understand this archive I discussed the ways in which this HRV ...
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... Foucault has used discourse, as he explains in this work, is by referring to “a group of verbal performances”, so “that which was produced by the groups of signs” (Foucault 2002: 107). More specifically, though, Foucault sees discourse ...
... Foucault has used discourse, as he explains in this work, is by referring to “a group of verbal performances”, so “that which was produced by the groups of signs” (Foucault 2002: 107). More specifically, though, Foucault sees discourse ...
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... Foucault's view is that an archive is not simply an institution, but rather the law of what can be said, the system of statements, or rules of practice, that give shape to what can and cannot be said. In this way, archives are often ...
... Foucault's view is that an archive is not simply an institution, but rather the law of what can be said, the system of statements, or rules of practice, that give shape to what can and cannot be said. In this way, archives are often ...
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... Foucault's understanding of the archive. 3.3 The archive in a Foucaultian sense The concept of the archive takes a central place in Foucault's 'L'Archéologie du Savoir' (1969) — translated as 'The Archaeology of Knowledge' (1972, 2002) ...
... Foucault's understanding of the archive. 3.3 The archive in a Foucaultian sense The concept of the archive takes a central place in Foucault's 'L'Archéologie du Savoir' (1969) — translated as 'The Archaeology of Knowledge' (1972, 2002) ...
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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