How ‘Transitional Justice’ Colonized South Africa’s TRC

How ‘Transitional Justice’ Colonized South Africa’s TRC

Commentators have wrongly assumed that the operations and outcomes of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) reflected the intentions of the African National Congress (ANC) government that instigated it. In line with its agenda of substantive social history, the ANC intended to est...

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Main Author: Ronald Suresh Roberts
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Liverpool University Press 2020-08-01
Series:Modern Languages Open
Online Access:https://www.modernlanguagesopen.org/articles/318
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spelling doaj-e83f7aa360fc4d7893b45a5ee0dc1a782020-11-25T03:47:21ZcatLiverpool University PressModern Languages Open2052-53972020-08-010110.3828/mlo.v0i0.318187How ‘Transitional Justice’ Colonized South Africa’s TRCRonald Suresh Roberts0University of LiverpoolCommentators have wrongly assumed that the operations and outcomes of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) reflected the intentions of the African National Congress (ANC) government that instigated it. In line with its agenda of substantive social history, the ANC intended to establish a new Gramscian ‘common sense’ of anti-colonialism and self-determination to drive anti-apartheid transformation. As part of its additional aim for an institutional intervention, the ANC sought to renovate the inherited technology of the colonial commission of inquiry itself. As the paper shows, these aims were overturned through the superimposition of ‘transitional justice’ within the workings of the TRC and the TRC’s ‘Final Report’. The continuing implications of this abduction are addressed in closing.https://www.modernlanguagesopen.org/articles/318
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description Commentators have wrongly assumed that the operations and outcomes of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) reflected the intentions of the African National Congress (ANC) government that instigated it. In line with its agenda of substantive social history, the ANC intended to establish a new Gramscian ‘common sense’ of anti-colonialism and self-determination to drive anti-apartheid transformation. As part of its additional aim for an institutional intervention, the ANC sought to renovate the inherited technology of the colonial commission of inquiry itself. As the paper shows, these aims were overturned through the superimposition of ‘transitional justice’ within the workings of the TRC and the TRC’s ‘Final Report’. The continuing implications of this abduction are addressed in closing.
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