What is apology? What are its functions and its essential and variable elements? How do apologies differ from excuses, disclaimers, and justifications? What form does apology take in our own culture and in other cultures such as Japan? These are some of the major questions addressed in this attempt to shed light on a familiar but neglected dimension of social life. "Mea Culpa is an important book. Tavuchis considers apologies between individuals, individuals and groups, and between groups ... His analysis is broad and interdisciplinary, drawing from sociology, philosophy, sociolinguistics, social psychology, anthropology, philology, law, and religion ... Tavuchis utilizes verbatim texts (from newspapers, novels, letters, press conferences) to develop his theory. He is particularly brilliant on the work of Erving Goffman ... Mea Culpa is a valuable contribution to social science."—American Journal of Sociology
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“A book of elegance and grace in the grand sociological tradition, this work could become a classic. Tavuchis forces readers to recognize that all human contact is ultimately dyadic. . . . Apology in Japan is compared to its expression in the West, as is, to a lesser extent, secular apology and religious confession. The normative community, sacred or secular, required definitions of exactly what is forgivable and what is not; Tavuchis uses the perspective of Georg Simmel to examine this construct.”—Choice
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“A book of elegance and grace in the grand sociological tradition, this work could become a classic. Tavuchis forces readers to recognize that all human contact is ultimately dyadic. . . . Apology in Japan is compared to its expression in the West, as is, to a lesser extent, secular apology and religious confession. The normative community, sacred or secular, required definitions of exactly what is forgivable and what is not; Tavuchis uses the perspective of Georg Simmel to examine this construct.”—Choice
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I trace my interest in apology to a bitter argument I had many years ago with someone close and dear to me. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
interpersonal apology, word sumanai, collective apology, apologetic discourse, apologetic speech, apology cannot Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United Church, United States, Soviet Union, New York, North American, Cleon Jones, North Koreans, World War, Reverend Smith New!
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- Shame, Exposure, and Privacy by Carl D. Schneider in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Relations in Public by Erving Goffman in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Target Is Destroyed: What Really Happened To Flight 007 And What America Knew About It by Seymour M. Hersh in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Ritual Process, The: Structure and Anti-Structure by Victor Turner in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Power and the Structure of Society (Comparative Modern Governments) by James S. Coleman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Political Forgiveness: Lessons from South Africa by Russell Daye on 5 pages
- Honest Patriots: Loving a Country Enough to Remember Its Misdeeds by Donald W. Shriver Jr. in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Moral Repair: Reconstructing Moral Relations after Wrongdoing by Margaret Urban Walker on page 158, and Back Matter
- Making Whole What Has Been Smashed: On Reparations Politics by John Torpey in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Story of Forgiveness by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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