Nick Smith

Gebundenes Buch

I Was Wrong

Beschreibung

Apologies can be profoundly meaningful, yet many gestures of contrition - especially those in legal contexts - appear hollow and even deceptive. Discussing numerous examples from ancient and recent history, I Was Wrong argues that we suffer from considerable confusion about the moral meanings and social functions of these complex interactions. Rather than asking whether a speech act 'is or is not' an apology, Smith offers a highly nuanced theory of apologetic meaning. Smith leads us though a series of rich philosophical and interdisciplinary questions, explaining how apologies have evolved from a confluence of diverse cultural and religious practices that do not translate easily into secular discourse or gender stereotypes. After classifying several varieties of apologies between individuals, Smith turns to apologies from collectives. Although apologies from corporations, governments, and other groups can be quite meaningful in certain respects, we should be suspicious of those that supplant apologies from individual wrongdoers.

Autor

Nick Smith is a bestselling author, film director, producer and actor who lives in Western New York. He is a Contingency Professor at SUNY Fredonia. Originally from Bristol, England, he trained at the BBC Natural History Unit and has since worked on over 100 movies and TV productions, including the horror movie 8 Graves (2020), fang-favourite comedy The Little Vampire (2000), and the action movie Cold Soldiers (2018). His books include Cloudwalking, American Spirit, Songs for Persephone, and non-fiction guides to screenwriting and movie marketing. Milk Treading, the first novel in his Whiskers in the Dark series, has been featured on NPR's All Things Considered, translated into Italian, adapted into an Edinburgh Fringe Festival play, and praised by the New York Times, Tod Goldberg, Jilly Cooper and David Letterman.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 634g
• ISBN-13: 9780521865524
• ISBN-10: 0521865522
• Artikelnr.: 23414650