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Adapted from the source document.

Adapted from the source document.

The paper disputes the thesis of Jokubaitis's article "Politics Without Values," that purely political understanding of things is impossible for there are no purely political values. Therefore no decision could be based on purely political values. Razma argues that values as well as politics are not things but phenomena, which together make up a system where the former make its elements & the latter constitute the process. For analytical purposes the system can be dissembled into component parts, but the conclusions of analysis must refer to the systematic nature of the relationship between the parts. The politics as an axiological process is impossible without values, & any value can only gain acknowledgement through the process of politics. Therefore, the politics is always axiological, & common values of any society are always political. Adapted from the source document.

The so-called political values are only representations of values from other areas. We got used to the idea that if there is politics, there also have to be unique values belonging to this realm. However, the biggest paradox is that politics does not have its own values. There is no pure political judgment. When we make judgments about political matters we enter into discussions about values which are clearly not political. The roots of political judgments always can be traced to matters that are not political. All political values can be reduced to issues which exist beyond politics. They represent moral, religious, economic & cultural convictions of citizens. The meaning of politics always remains outside its reach. Behind so-called "political values" we always find reference to other values. Adapted from the source document.

Introduction -- War and conflict -- Whakamaumahara ma te wareware: Remembering and forgetting the Taranaki War -- He tino pakanga nui no niu tireni: The 'Great War for New Zealand' in memory and history -- The Whanganui experience resistance and collaboration are valid forms of survival -- Pukehinahina (Gate pā) -- A Ngāti Awa experience -- Te riri a te kooti maumahara -- Remembrance, denial and the New Zealand wars: the road to rā maumahara -- Te kapehu o Tumatauenga way finding as a means of remembering the past.