The truth must dazzle gradually: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the ongoing practice of ignorance in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorJames-Lomax, Alison
dc.contributor.supervisorJames, Matt
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-01T15:19:00Z
dc.date.available2013-05-01T15:19:00Z
dc.date.copyright2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013-05-01
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Political Science
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the long term effects of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Building on existing critique of the TRC’s narrow mandate and sociologist Melissa Steyn’s argument that apartheid was predicated on an ignorance contract amongst South African citizenry, this thesis asks if the mandate of a truth commission can actually serve to entrench ignorances and divisions. More specifically, this thesis asks in what ways can the ignorance contract be seen in South African society now? It identifies key discourses that represent ongoing ignorances in South Africa: non-acknowledgement, denial, misrecognition and truth and ignorance. Looking at the performance of memory and the areas of immigration, emigration, and gender, this thesis finds that the TRC’s mandate has led to ongoing ignorance about apartheid in South Africa.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0615en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0331en_US
dc.description.proquestemailalisonj@uvic.caen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/4583
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectReconciliationen_US
dc.subjectTruth commissionen_US
dc.subjectTransitional justiceen_US
dc.subjectMemoryen_US
dc.titleThe truth must dazzle gradually: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the ongoing practice of ignorance in South Africaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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