The Politics Of Truth
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The Politics of Truth
Marxism's theoretical universalism, ethnocentrism and gender blindness, as well as its influential term 'ideology', are all subjected to spirited criticism."--BOOK JACKET.
The Politics of Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa
Author: Richard Wilson
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2001-05-02
The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was set up to deal with the human rights violations of apartheid during the years 1960-1994. However, as Wilson shows, the TRC's restorative justice approach to healing the nation did not always serve the needs of communities at a local level. Based on extended anthropological fieldwork, this book illustrates the impact of the TRC in urban African communities in Johannesburg. While a religious constituency largely embraced the commission's religious-redemptive language of reconciliation, Wilson argues that the TRC had little effect on popular ideas of justice as retribution. This provocative study deepens our understanding of post-apartheid South Africa and the use of human rights discourse. It ends on a call for more cautious and realistic expectations about what human rights institutions can achieve in democratizing countries.
Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth
A Christian psychiatrist examines the latest research, refuting the alleged genetic basis for homosexuality and assessing the social power homosexuals have gained.