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Negative Emotions and Transitional Justice / Mihaela Mihai.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231176507
  • 9780231541183
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.115
LOC classification:
  • K5250 .M54 2016
  • K5250.M54 2016
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Problem -- 1. Transitional Justice: Optional or Imperative? -- 2. Theorizing Resentment and Indignation -- 3. Enabling Emotional Responsibility I: Judicial Review of Transitional Justice Legislation -- 4. Enabling Emotional Responsibility II: Criminal Trials in Democratic Transitions -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Vehement resentment and indignation are pervasive in societies emerging from dictatorship or civil conflict. How can institutions channel these emotions without undermining the prospects for democracy? Emphasizing the need to recognize and constructively engage negative public emotions, Mihaela Mihai contributes theoretically and practically to the growing field of transitional justice. Drawing on an extensive philosophical literature and case studies of democratic transitions in South Africa, South America, and Eastern Europe, her book rescues negative emotions from their bad reputation and highlights the obstacles and the opportunities such emotions create for democracy. By valorizing negative emotions, either through the judicial review of transitional justice bills or the criminal trials of victimizers, institutions realize the value of respect and concern for all while contributing to a culture that is hospitable to democracy.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Problem -- 1. Transitional Justice: Optional or Imperative? -- 2. Theorizing Resentment and Indignation -- 3. Enabling Emotional Responsibility I: Judicial Review of Transitional Justice Legislation -- 4. Enabling Emotional Responsibility II: Criminal Trials in Democratic Transitions -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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Vehement resentment and indignation are pervasive in societies emerging from dictatorship or civil conflict. How can institutions channel these emotions without undermining the prospects for democracy? Emphasizing the need to recognize and constructively engage negative public emotions, Mihaela Mihai contributes theoretically and practically to the growing field of transitional justice. Drawing on an extensive philosophical literature and case studies of democratic transitions in South Africa, South America, and Eastern Europe, her book rescues negative emotions from their bad reputation and highlights the obstacles and the opportunities such emotions create for democracy. By valorizing negative emotions, either through the judicial review of transitional justice bills or the criminal trials of victimizers, institutions realize the value of respect and concern for all while contributing to a culture that is hospitable to democracy.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)