Abstract
Research on political apologies spans sociopolitical contexts and disciplines and methodological frameworks. In the rise of interest in political apologies, especially in light of ‘the age of apologies’, social psychologists strive to understand mechanisms of issuing, perception and evaluation of political apologies from many perspectives. This special issue aims to highlight the important role of social psychological theory in understanding political apologies and deepening knowledge in this field. The papers, which comprise the special issue, offer a detailed and comprehensive study of political apology, including both theoretical and methodological lens to enrich understanding of the topic. Concluding, all the papers of this special issue can be of interest in academics and researchers, as well as policy-makers and other stakeholders beyond academia.
Highlights
‘One of the most profound human interactions is the offering and accepting of apologies’, noted Lazare in his eye-opening analysis of the value and power of apology (2004: 1)
In this special issue on political and intergroup apologies for the International Review of Social Psychology, we present a collection of four empirical papers that aim to contribute to this and that reflect a possible shift in our current thinking on apologies
In the first paper in this special issue (‘To apologize or to compensate for colonial injustices?’), Martinovic and colleagues (2021) note that much of the research on apologies has focused on the perspectives of victims— whereas research on instrumental reparations has tended to focus on the perspectives of perpetrator group members
Summary
‘One of the most profound human interactions is the offering and accepting of apologies’, noted Lazare in his eye-opening analysis of the value and power of apology (2004: 1). In this special issue on political and intergroup apologies for the International Review of Social Psychology, we present a collection of four empirical papers that aim to contribute to this and that reflect a possible shift in our current thinking on apologies.
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