State Apologies to Indigenous Peoples
This book considers the ethics and politics of state apologies made to Indigenous peoples.
The prevalent tendency to treat an apology as a speech act has maintained the focus on the state leader making the apology and not on the victims’ claims. This book demonstrates the inherent shortcomings of this approach through an examination of apologies delivered to Indigenous peoples in Australia and Cana...
This book considers the ethics and politics of state apologies made to Indigenous peoples.
The prevalent tendency to treat an apology as a speech act has maintained the focus on the state leader making the apology and not on the victims’ claims. This book demonstrates the inherent shortcomings of this approach through an examination of apologies delivered to Indigenous peoples in Australia and Cana...
