A GJ Advances article.

Abstract

This article deals with the impact of personality on social change and its further impact upon processes of democratization in situations of transitional justice. The essay explores the concepts of truth, reconciliation and change, as these interrelate with the fragility of heroic activism. The persons involved are actual. The author of the piece is a participant observer. The specific setting is South Africa during the height of the resistance to apartheid in the 1960s.

Originally published in Global Jurist Advances.

Recommended Citation

Nagan, Winston P. (2005) "Truth, Reconciliation, and the Fragility of Heroic Activism," Global Jurist Advances: Vol. 5 : Iss. 1, Article 2.
Available at: http://www.bepress.com/gj/advances/vol5/iss1/art2