Introduction: the apology and political theory -- The apology phenomenon -- Apologies as speech acts -- Judaism's apology: reconstituting the community -- The privatization of repentance in Christianity -- Australia's divided history -- Saying sorry in Australia -- Apology's responsibility -- Apology as political action.
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This study examines the apology's extraordinary political emergence and significance to ideas of collective responsibility, ritual, and contemporary politics.