Narrative Justice

Narrative Justice
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 233
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ISBN-10 : 9781786606341
ISBN-13 : 1786606348
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Narrative Justice by : Rafe McGregor

This book introduces narrative justice, a new theory of aesthetic education – the thesis that the cultivation of aesthetic or artistic sensibility can both improve moral character and achieve political justice. The author argues that there is a subcategory of narrative representations that provide moral knowledge regardless of their categorisation as fiction or non-fiction, and which therefore can be employed as a means of moral improvement. McGregor applies this narrative ethics to the criminology of inhumanity, including both crimes against humanity and terrorism. Expanding on the methodology of narrative criminology, he demonstrates that narrative representations can be employed to evaluate responsibility for inhumanity, to understand the psychology of inhumanity, and to undermine inhumanity – and are thus a means to the end of opposing injustice. He concludes that the cultivation of narrative sensibility is an important tool for both moral improvement and political justice.

Civil Society Narratives of Violence and Shaping the Transitional Justice Agenda in Zimbabwe

Civil Society Narratives of Violence and Shaping the Transitional Justice Agenda in Zimbabwe
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 207
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ISBN-10 : 9781793645357
ISBN-13 : 1793645353
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Civil Society Narratives of Violence and Shaping the Transitional Justice Agenda in Zimbabwe by : Chenai G. Matshaka

In Civil Society Narratives of Violence and Shaping the Transitional Justice Agenda in Zimbabwe, Chenai G. Matshaka shows the shaping of the transitional justice agenda in Zimbabwe from a civil society perspective. Based on the understanding that transitional justice approaches are seen through the lenses by which the violence and conflict is understood, Matshaka explores the complexities that arise when particular narratives of violence dominate the agenda. This book contributes to a discussion on how narratives intervene in the trajectory of a transitional justice process of a society in ways that may be beneficial or detrimental to breaking cycles of injustice and domination.

A Criminology Of Narrative Fiction

A Criminology Of Narrative Fiction
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Publisher : Policy Press
Total Pages : 186
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ISBN-10 : 9781529208061
ISBN-13 : 1529208068
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis A Criminology Of Narrative Fiction by : Rafe McGregor

Drawing on complex narratives across film, TV, novels and graphic novels, this authoritative critical analysis demonstrates the value of fictional narratives as a tool for understanding, explaining and reducing crime and social harm. McGregor establishes an original theory of the criminological value of fiction.

The Era of Transitional Justice

The Era of Transitional Justice
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 279
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ISBN-10 : 9781136902208
ISBN-13 : 1136902201
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis The Era of Transitional Justice by : Paul Gready

First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Historical Justice and History Education

Historical Justice and History Education
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 440
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ISBN-10 : 9783030704124
ISBN-13 : 3030704122
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Historical Justice and History Education by : Matilda Keynes

This book explores how the expectations of historical justice movements and processes are understood within educational contexts, particularly history education. In recent years, movements for historical justice have gained global momentum and prominence as the focus on righting wrongs from the past has become a feature of contemporary politics. This imperative has manifested in globally diverse contexts including societies emerging from recent, violent conflict, but also established democracies which are increasingly compelled to address the legacies of colonialism, slavery, genocides, and war crimes, as well as other forms of protracted discord. This book examines historical justice from an educational perspective, exploring the myriad ways that education is understood as a site of historical injustice, as well as a mechanism for redress. The editors and contributors analyse the role of history education in processes of historical justice broadly, exploring educational sites, policies, media, and materials. This edited collection is a unique and important touchstone volume for scholars, policy-makers, practitioners, and teachers that can guide future research, policy, and practice in the fields of historical justice, human rights and history education.

Journalism Practice and Critical Reflexivity

Journalism Practice and Critical Reflexivity
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 192
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ISBN-10 : 9780429890116
ISBN-13 : 0429890117
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Journalism Practice and Critical Reflexivity by : Bonita Mason

Journalism Practice and Critical Reflexivity is a theoretical- and practice-based response to the crisis of mission and credibility in journalism studies that is heightened by online and social media. It describes, analyses and offers new approaches and models for critically reflexive journalism research, practice and education. With specific theoretical and conceptual approaches employed, such as Pierre Bourdieu’s reflexive sociology along with the analytical, practice-based, reflective and narrative techniques of Donald Schön and autoethnography, this book provides possible responses to these crises of purpose and legitimacy, and to transformation, in Western corporate journalism. With journalists working in mainstream media under increasing pressure, the book considers the possibility of either slowing journalism down or having elements of a more reflexive journalism practice set alongside other routine practices. It proposes reciprocity as a core value to guide much investigative and news journalism. Scholars and practitioners of journalism, researchers and post-graduate students interested in journalism, critical reflexivity and reflective practice in relevant disciplines can apply the concepts and techniques of critical reflexivity in their own research or teaching. Journalists, criminologists and others concerned with Indigenous deaths in custody, prisons, the institutional duty of care, social and/or legal justice and effective government administration will also find the study rewarding.

Narrative Power

Narrative Power
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 227
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ISBN-10 : 9781509517046
ISBN-13 : 1509517049
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Narrative Power by : Ken Plummer

Narratives are the wealth of nations: they animate life, sustain culture and cultivate humanity. They regulate and empower us, bringing both joy and discontent. And they are always embedded in ubiquitous power: stories shape power, and power shapes story. In this provocative and original study, Ken Plummer takes us on a journey to explore some of the key dimensions of this narrative power. His main focus is on what he calls ‘narratives of suffering’ and how these change through transformative narrative actions across an array of media forms. The modern world is in crisis, and long-standing narratives are being challenged in five major directions: through deep inequalities, global state complexities, digital risks, the perpetual puzzle of truth and the ever-emerging contingencies of time. Asking how we can build sustainable stories for a better future, the book advocates the cultivation of a narrative hope, a narrative wisdom and a politics of narrative humanity. Narrative Power suggests novel directions for enquiry, discusses a raft of innovative ideas and concepts, and sets a striking new agenda for research and action.

Narrative Theology and Moral Theology

Narrative Theology and Moral Theology
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9781317090465
ISBN-13 : 1317090462
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis Narrative Theology and Moral Theology by : Alexander Lucie-Smith

Moral thinking today finds itself stranded between the particular and the universal. Alasdair MacIntyre's work on narrative, discussed here along with that of Stanley Hauerwas and H. T. Engelhardt, aims to undo the perceived damage done by the Enlightenment by returning to narrative and abandoning the illusion of a disembodied reason that claims to be able to give a coherent explanation for everything. It is precisely this - a theory that holds good for all cases - that John Rawls proposed, drawing on the heritage of Emmanuel Kant. Who is right? Must universality be abandoned? Must we only think about morality in terms that are relative, bound by space and time? Alexander Lucie-Smith attempts to answer these questions by examining the nature of narrative itself as well as the particular narratives of Rawls and St Augustine. Bound and rooted as they are in history and personal experience, narratives nevertheless strain at the limits imposed on them. It is Lucie-Smith's contention that each narrative that points to a lived morality exists against the background of an infinite horizon, and thus it is that the particular and the rooted can also make us aware of the universal and unchanging.

Epistemic Justice and Creative Agency

Epistemic Justice and Creative Agency
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 267
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ISBN-10 : 9781000641943
ISBN-13 : 1000641945
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Epistemic Justice and Creative Agency by : Sarah Colvin

Foundational theories of epistemic justice, such as Miranda Fricker's, have cited literary narratives to support their case. But why have those narratives in particular provided the resource that was needed? And is cultural production always supportive of epistemic justice? This essay collection, written by experts in literary, philosophical, and cultural studies working in conversation with each other across a range of global contexts, expands the emerging field of epistemic injustice studies. The essays analyze the complex relationship between narrative, aesthetics, and epistemic (in)justice, referencing texts, film, and other forms of cultural production. The authors present, without seeking to synthesize, perspectives on how justice and injustice are narratively and aesthetically produced. This volume by no means wants to say the last word on epistemic justice and creative agency. The intention is to open out a productive new field of study, at a time when understanding the workings of injustice and possibilities for justice seems an ever more urgent project.

Seeing Justice

Seeing Justice
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 305
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ISBN-10 : 9780190926977
ISBN-13 : 019092697X
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis Seeing Justice by : Mary Angela Bock

Playing with Fire -- Images of Discipline -- Walks of Shame -- Spectacular Trials -- What Picture Would They Use? -- What's So Special About Video? -- Filming Police -- Police and Image Maintenance -- Everyday Racism and Rudeness -- Playing (Safely) With Fire.