The Narrative Architecture of Political Forgiveness

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6337204
AutoresMaggie Andrews (0000-0001-7429-7677, University of East London, autor correspondente), Molly Andrews (University of East London)
Ano2019
Volume40
Fascículo3
Páginas433-447
Data de publicação2019-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPolitical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0162-895X • E-ISSN: 1467-9221
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/pops.12533
OpenAlexW2901270751
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas21

Although there is widespread agreement with the argument that Hannah Arendt made more than half a century ago, that forgiveness is “one of the human faculties that make social change possible” (Misztal, 2011, p. 201), beyond this, there is little consensus of what it means. Applying a narrative structure to this discussion, there is a lack of clarity around questions of who, what, where, when, and why to forgive. This article will explore the politics of forgiveness in East Germany, where these issues have been hotly contested for more than 25 years. The data examined in this article suggest that the fraught process of forgiveness embodies not consensus but contest, as people disagree on key questions such as who has the right to forgive whom, for what, how long the window for the opportunity of forgiveness stays open, and even why these questions matter, not only for individuals but for the whole of society

Argument (complex analysis · CLARITY · CONTEST · Epistemology · Forgiveness · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Forgiveness and Related Behaviors · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology