| ISBN: | 9780813592237 |
| Publication date: | 21st September 2017 |
| Author: | John Torpey |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 232 pages |
| Genres: |
Society and culture: general Ethnic groups and multicultural studies Central / national / federal government policies Social discrimination and social justice Ethnic studies Social and cultural history Slavery and abolition of slavery History of the Americas |
Making Whole What Has Been Smashed explores the spread in recent years of political efforts to rectify injustices handed down from the past. Although it recognizes that campaigns for reparations may lead to an improvement in the well-being of victims of mistreatment by states and to reconciliation among former antagonists, this timely book, featuring a new and updated preface, examines the extent to which the concern with the past may represent a departure from the traditionally future-oriented stance of progressive politics. Viewing the search for "coming to terms with the past" as a form of politics, John Torpey argues that there are major differences between reparations for the living victims of past wrongdoing and reparations for the descendants of such victims.
Making Whole What Has Been Smashed features in the following genres: Society and culture: general, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Central / national / federal government policies, Social discrimination and social justice, Ethnic studies, Social and cultural history, Slavery and abolition of slavery, History of the Americas
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Making Whole What Has Been Smashed was written by John Torpey and published by Rutgers University Press
Making Whole What Has Been Smashed has 232 pages