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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... TRC and discourse? 1 Central proposition of this book 3 Theoretical framework 3 Some general remarks 5 CHAPTER 2 The ... archive 3.1 The 'archive' as a concept 31 3.2 3-3 3-4 3-5 3.6 The material TRC archive 33 3.2.1 Primary data 33 3.2 ...
... TRC and discourse? 1 Central proposition of this book 3 Theoretical framework 3 Some general remarks 5 CHAPTER 2 The ... archive 3.1 The 'archive' as a concept 31 3.2 3-3 3-4 3-5 3.6 The material TRC archive 33 3.2.1 Primary data 33 3.2 ...
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... archive as developed by Foucault. My basic aim became the deconstruction of the HRV archive to reveal the discursive ... TRC can be seen as a state institution that has had a considerable impact on South African society, I was also interested ...
... archive as developed by Foucault. My basic aim became the deconstruction of the HRV archive to reveal the discursive ... TRC can be seen as a state institution that has had a considerable impact on South African society, I was also interested ...
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... TRC was defined and conceptualised, is another indication of the hegemony of English in the proceedings of the TRC ... archive (personal conversation with TRC interpreters from the University of the Free State, in lune and November 2003) ...
... TRC was defined and conceptualised, is another indication of the hegemony of English in the proceedings of the TRC ... archive (personal conversation with TRC interpreters from the University of the Free State, in lune and November 2003) ...
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... shed light on this discursive complexity — and especially on the reasons behind this complexity — will be one of the aims of this research. CHAPTER 3 The TRC archive 3.1 The 'archive' as a. 30 Reconciliation Discourse.
... shed light on this discursive complexity — and especially on the reasons behind this complexity — will be one of the aims of this research. CHAPTER 3 The TRC archive 3.1 The 'archive' as a. 30 Reconciliation Discourse.
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... archived records are being stored away in order to be able to forget them — because you know that it will be possible to retrieve them again when needed. Or, as aptly illustrated by Derrida 3. The TRC archive 3.1 The 'archive' as a concept.
... archived records are being stored away in order to be able to forget them — because you know that it will be possible to retrieve them again when needed. Or, as aptly illustrated by Derrida 3. The TRC archive 3.1 The 'archive' as a concept.
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