The political meaning of forgiveness and reconciliation revisited: An Arendtian approach. University of Antwerp
This project departs from the hypothesis that the difficulties and doubts all accounts on the political meaning of forgiveness and reconciliation get entangled in, go back to a moral interpretation of both terms, which neglects the crucial distinction between moral and political relationships. The central aim of the project is thus to develop a sheer political account on forgiveness and reconciliation, inspired by Hannah Arendt's conception of ...